News

2014

  1. 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"

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Statement

    Paolo Marzocchi - Statement of support to the "Music against Child Labour" Initiative

    05 May 2014

  8. Statement

    Paolo Fresu - Statement of support to the "Music against Child Labour" Initiative

    05 May 2014

  9. Statement

    Associazione Nazionale Bande Italiane Musicali Autonome (ANBIMA) - Statement of support

    05 May 2014

  10. Statement

    Federazione Nazionale Italiana delle Associazioni Regionali Corali (FENIARCO) - Statement of support

    05 May 2014