News
2014
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Red Card to Child Labour
ILO Brasilia Office joins the "Red Card to Child Labour" Campaign
06 June 2014
ILO Brasilia Office Staff joins the "Red Card to Child Labour" Campaign and says "All together against child labour"
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Red Card to Child Labour
Mike Einziger, Ann Marie Simpson, Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer and friends raise their voices against child labour
05 June 2014
Award winning musicians are working in harmony to support the ILO's efforts to combat child labour.
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Red Card to Child Labour
Campaign to combat child labour launches at the opening of the 2014 Football World Cup
05 June 2014
The ILO’s Red Card to Child Labour campaign sends out a message that children have a right to play, not work.
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News
Child labour and businesses: role and opportunities for investors
27 May 2014
Socially responsible investing groups have long been involved in the worldwide movement against child labour. Investors are increasingly interested in gathering robust information about the way companies manage the risk of child labour in their supply chains. The Child Labour Platform is a cross-sectoral, business-led initiative for exchange and learning about effective practices to combat child labour. Benjamin Smith, Senior Officer for CSR for IPEC-FPRW, presents the CLP to a group of socially responsible investors and banks in Stockholm, Sweden, and discusses what investors and businesses can do to to prevent and remediate child labour in supply chains.
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Partnership
Germany signs Declaration of Intent with ILO
13 May 2014
Agreement targets work on improving labour standards in global supply chains, creating jobs for young people, eliminating the worst forms of child labour, and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples.
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Newsletter
Taking child labour problem on in Turkana County in Kenya
13 May 2014
The 3-year project "Strengthening human security in the border communities of Turkana" (Kenya), is aimed to address the human security concerns of pastoralists living in extreme hardship and vulnerability to numerous threats in Turkana county of northern Kenya. The project is undertaken in the context of UN inter-agency coordination and is implemented by UNDP, FAO, WHO, IOM, UNICEF and ILO, in partnership with local community-based organizations, peace committees, local governments and the Governmental National Drought Management Authority.
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Statement
Paolo Marzocchi - Statement of support to the "Music against Child Labour" Initiative
05 May 2014
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Statement
Paolo Fresu - Statement of support to the "Music against Child Labour" Initiative
05 May 2014
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Statement
Associazione Nazionale Bande Italiane Musicali Autonome (ANBIMA) - Statement of support
05 May 2014
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Statement
Federazione Nazionale Italiana delle Associazioni Regionali Corali (FENIARCO) - Statement of support
05 May 2014