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South Sudan ratifies ILO Convention No. 138 and No. 182
17 December 2012
South Sudan's ratification of the ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No.138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No.182) has now been formally registered.
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ECOWAS Ministers of labour and social welfare adopt a regional action plan on child labour, specially its worst forms
11 December 2012
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Ministers of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs meeting on December 7 in Dakar, Senegal, adopted a regional action plan on child labour, especially in its worst forms.
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ILO-IPEC welcomes Gordon Brown Report on child labour and education
07 December 2012
A new report by Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy on Global Education, has drawn attention to the urgent need to increase international and national commitment to tackling child labour by ensuring that all children have access to education.
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Job for former child soldiers
06 December 2012
The ILO is pursuing its efforts to strengthen the economic component of reintegration programmes for former child soldiers in countries concerned. Two new projects have started in 2012.
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World Scout Movement and ILO-IPEC extend cooperation to fight child labour
09 November 2012
The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) have signed a third Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) extending cooperation for a further five years.
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ILO, IUF and ECLT Foundation congratulate the Government of Malawi
21 September 2012
The three organizations were proud to support the Government of Malawi in hosting the Malawi National Conference on Child Labour in Agriculture, which took place in Lilongwe, 4-6 September 2012.
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India propose a ban on the employment of children younger than 14
29 August 2012
The Government has expressed its commitment to ratifying ILO core Conventions on Child Labour, Convention No. 138 on the minimum age to employment and Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour.
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Slavery in a free land
29 August 2012
The use of children as domestic workers is pervasive throughout Haiti. Though culturally accepted for generations, a new campaign has been launched to combat what is one of the worst forms of child labour.
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Presidents of MERCOSUR adopted the Second Declaration on the Prevention and Elimination of Child Labour
03 July 2012
It recognizes the progress made since the First Declaration adopted in 2002 and states the actions and commitments needed towards the elimination of child labour.
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ILO survey: 5.5 million working children in the Philippines
27 June 2012
The government has announced it is scaling up the campaign to put an end to the worst forms of child labour by 2016.