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ILO Empowers 431 Trainees in Ondo and Osun States and hands over Renovated School to Community

To sustain its interventions on the elimination of child labour, the ACCEL Africa Project in Nigeria has provided training, classroom renovation and livelihood support to parents, guardians, and children within the legal working age in Project...

Harnessing the power of technology: delivering cost-effective digital training on child labour to field officers in remote areas using...

Experience of ACCEL Mali with VIAMO

In Uganda, the ACCEL project provides opportunities to vulnerable youth through life and technical skills training

Uzbekistan

ILO addresses business conference on GSP+ and the opportunities in the Uzbek textile sector

At a business conference for textile companies from Uzbekistan, the ILO welcomed the progress achieved by the tripartite constituents and reflected on the continued work of the ILO and the Uzbek constituents.

Accelerated schooling strategy (SSA/P) in Mali

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the ACCEL Africa and CLEAR Cotton projects, with the financial support of the Japanese Association for the Progress of ILO Activities, delivered on July 21, 2022, in Bamako, kits of school...

Validation workshop to adopt the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to combat child labour

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Launch of badge for prevention and elimination of child domestic labour

ILO Office, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and Pakistan Girls Guide Association launched the Badge to prevent and eliminate child domestic labour in Pakistan

Egypt combats Child Labour by promoting and disseminating knowledge about children’s rights through SCREAM

Child Labour Delegation pays field visits to Ordu and Samsun

Meeting the authorities and parties prior to hazelnut harvest, the delegation underlined “End Child Labour”

ILO, Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Turkish Water Polo Federation join hands to end child labour through sports

At the friendly match in Trabzon, Turkish and German national water polo teams say “End Child Labour”

An inclusive policy for the elimination of child labour is crucial for realizing decent work and ensuring social progress occurs with...

Inaugural address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, at the "Stakeholder consultation for child labour policy in India".

Child Labour: Nigeria Intensifies Collaborations to Achieve SDG Target 8.7

In the global coordinated campaign to end all forms of child labour and forced labour, Nigeria, a pathfinder country intensifies efforts to rid its Artisanal Gold Mining (ASGM) and Cocoa value chains of the scourge, in line with the country's...

ILO and partners introduce key global toolkit to respond to child labour in Iraq

The toolkit, developed by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, provides practical tools and case studies for humanitarian actors and other agencies on ways to respond to child labour.

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Accelerated schooling strategy (SSA/P) in Mali: 800 beneficiaries received school supply kits and textbooks

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the ACCEL Africa and CLEAR Cotton projects, with the financial support of the Japan Association for Advancement of ILO Activities, delivered on July 21, 2022, in Bamako, kits of school supplies...

Child labour and human trafficking

Top DJ duo NERVO debut song to raise awareness of child labour and human trafficking

Ahead of World Day Against Human Trafficking, top-ranked female DJ duo NERVO have teamed up with the children’s charity Hopeland and the International Labour Organization to urge action on child vulnerability, child labour and human trafficking.

Decent apprenticeship training

Within the framework of supporting the promotion of the training and vocational progression to combat child labour as part of the “National Action Plan for Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Egypt and Supporting Family (2018-2025)”,...

Role of local media discussed in Ordu on eliminating child labour

A seminar held to discuss how the media should most accurately address child labour in seasonal agriculture.

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To fight child labour in Burkina Faso, education stakeholders built their capacities in Koudougou

The Permanent Secretariat of the Accelerated Schooling Strategy (Stratégie de Scolarisation Accélérée/Passerelle - SSA/P) of the Ministry of Education, Literacy and promotion of National Languages of Burkina Faso strengthen its action against child...

New national child labour policy launched in Belize with support from ILO and UNICEF

The new policy document includes a consistent set of interventions and associated responsibilities and timeframe for implementation instrumental to the eradication of child labour.

World Day Against Child Labour 2022

Call for Action: Accelerating efforts towards prevention and elimination of child labour

In commemoration of World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL), the ILO hosted a symposium under Asia Regional Child Labour (ARC) Project.