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Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.

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World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...

Week of Action against Child Labour

ILO and the Committee on the Rights of the Child call for urgent action to protect children’s rights and accelerate progress towards...

Joint statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the International Labour Organization to mark the Week of Action against Child Labour – 10-18 June 2021

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...

High-level Dialogue for Action on child labour

Child labour is on the rise: it’s time to step-up action to end this practice for good

ILO collaborates with Labour Unions to eliminate child labour in Nigeria.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office in Nigeria has signed an Implementation Agreement (IA) with the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to further accelerate the elimination of child labour in...

ILO launches socio-professional reintegration activities for young people exposed to child labour in Mali

This action programme aims to contribute to the elimination of child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and clothing value chain in Mali, in the communes of Kignan, Kourouma, Kléla (circle of Sikasso, region of Sikasso) and the communes...

World Day Against Child Labour 2021 Highlights

‘Consume Responsibly’, ILO Urges Gold and Cocoa Consumers in Nigeria

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called on gold users and consumers of cocoa products in Nigeria to be mindful of the impact of their patronage on the use of children for work on gold mines and cocoa farms, as well as the consequences...

Immediate steps are needed to avoid falling further behind on fighting child labour

“We are empowering our district and regional labour officers to ensure that they are going in all sectors to smoke out child labour and forced labour. We are doing this together with other stakeholders to ensure effective inspections,” Malawi Deputy...

SDG 8.7 Innovation Challenge

Digital Information Systems for collaborative work to end child labour, forced labour and human trafficking

The ILO is launching a competition calling for innovative solutions with social impact to accelerate action towards SDG Target 8.7.

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The ILO brings artistic events to Syrian public spaces to mark World Day Against Child Labour 2021

The ILO celebrated World Day Against Child Labour 2021 with a week of artistic events in three major cities across Syria.

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Indonesia is committed to eliminate child labour in the country

Indonesia has taken various efforts to eliminate child labour in the country, including actions to tackle the impact of COVID-19 pandemic to the increase of poverty and child labour.

Supporting Children's Rights through Education, Art and Media (SCREAM) in Egypt.

The video includes interviews with a number of boys and girls describing their experience as being exposed to child labour. In addition, it includes interviews with the staff of Child Labour Center staff on their role and reflection on the...

Future of Work to Fight Child Labour

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ILO to kick off the ILO Virtual Race to End Child Labour

To commemorate the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and the World Day against Child Labour 2021, the ILO organizes a virtual race as a social movement to end child labour and promote education for all Indonesian children.

Take Action: Put an End to Child Labour!

This year's World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) - which comes on June 12 of each year - is considered as an opportunity to urge the tripartite constituents of the International Labour Organization (government - employers - workers) to take...

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, ILO and UNICEF commit to ending Child Labour in Somalia

Mogadishu, 12 June 2021 – To commemorate the 2021 World Day against Child Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund...

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn nine million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

Malawian Children Trafficked to Mozambique in Search of Jobs

This article uncovers a new form of exploitation where some families in Malawi are giving away their children to herd animals and work in crop fields in Mozambique at the expense of their right to education.