The ILO launched the World Day against Child Labour in June 2002 as a means of raising the visibility of the problem and highlighting the global movement to eliminate child labour, particularly its worst forms. This year, on and about 12 June, local and national organizations and many children's groups are expected to join with ILO constituents around the world to observe the World Day, which occurs during the annual International Labour Conference in Geneva.

The theme for this year is: Education: The right response to child labour.

   For additional information about the World Day, see the press release of the ILO Department of Communication and Public Information.

   Access to Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999.

   See also the IPEC World Day site (International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour).

Among the events marking this day, there is one organized by the Collaborating Centre of the CIS, the Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE).

OSHE was established in 2003 on the initiative or workers. It is a specialized developmental organization dedicated to issues connected with employment, income, the economy, the environment and the livelihood of working people.

On the occasion of World Day 2008, OSHE organized the following events:

Bangladesh ratified Convention No. 182 in 2001.