News
2016
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Press release
Alliance 8.7: For a world without forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour
19 September 2016
The Global Alliance to Eradicate Forced Labour, Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Labour will be launched at the Ford Foundation in New York on 21 September 2016 at 19:00 GMT.
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Press release
New alliance against forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour
14 September 2016
The ILO facilitated a regional consultation to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7.
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Sustainable Development Goals - Alliance 8.7
Alliance 8.7: Time for a rethink in fighting forced labour in Africa
08 September 2016
With millions of African victims of forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour, the continent needs to redefine its priorities for an inclusive strategic partnership to boost the implementation of the Alliance SDG 8.7.
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News
Investigative and Inclusive Reporting in Fragile Democracies Training for Journalists in Suva, Fiji
06 September 2016
Valuing Voices is an innovative arts-in-development project, designed to support human rights advocacy in relation to Fiji’s international commitments to media independence focusing on human rights defenders of women and children and supported by MIDA
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Press release
New labour force survey gives detailed picture of Myanmar labour market
29 August 2016
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has published the first comprehensive survey of the labour force.
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Child labour
Norway funds new ILO project to combat child labour in Lebanon
25 August 2016
A new Norwegian-funded ILO project will work to withdraw hundreds of Lebanese and Syrian children from hazardous working conditions and protect thousands of others from engaging in especially the worst forms of child labour.
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News
Child labour doubles in Jordan since 2007 – Survey
16 August 2016
The 2016 National Child Labour Survey finds that child labour remains a matter of grave concern with a significant number of children employed in potentially hazardous jobs.
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Video
I Wanna Go to School
03 August 2016
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News
Myanmar: Artists and stakeholders join the World Day Against Child Labour 2016
19 July 2016
This year, the country celebrated the World Day Against Child Labour for the 3rd time. Events were organized in different part of the country with the support of the ILO and in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Confederation of Trade Unions in Myanmar, Ratana Metta Organization, Sympathy Hands and Jeepyah Civil Society Development Organization.
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Refugee crisis: Child Labour in agriculture on the rise in Lebanon
12 July 2016
Host to hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the war in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon has witnessed a rise in child labour in recent years, largely in the hazardous agricultural sector.