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Mining

Opening address at the Inter-regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting on Child Labour and Working Conditions in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Inter-regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting on Child Labour and Working Conditions in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining, Manila, Philippines, 28 March 2019

ACCEL Africa holds its first regional consultation meeting in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

National project coordinators and tripartite representatives from six countries covered by the Accel Africa project, participated in its first regional consultation meeting held in Abidjan.

ILO Recognition Awards

Innovation to promote fundamental principles and rights at work

Within the framework of the ILO Recognition Awards 2018, the ILO recognized innovation to promote fundamental principles and rights at work, namely with regard to the abolition of forced labour and the elimination of child labour.

Project “Combating Child Labour and Human Trafficking in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action” In Kyrgyzstan Successfully Completed

On 10 April, the city of Bishkek hosted a phase-out workshop to discuss achievements, good practices and lessons learnt in the course of implementation in Kyrgyzstan of ILO-IPEC Project “Combating Child Labour and Human Trafficking. Commitment...

Forced and child labour

Activists welcome progress towards eradication of forced labour, child labour in Uzbekistan

A conference in Brussels has welcomed an ILO report that found the Uzbek government did not systematically use child labour or forced labour during the 2018 cotton harvest. The report found that government reforms are having an impact, but that...

ILO reports historic progress on child labour and forced labour in Uzbek cotton fields

According to a new ILO report, systematic or systemic child labour and forced labour were not exacted by the government of Uzbekistan during the 2018 cotton production cycle. Reforms announced by the government are having an impact, yet there are...

Middle East and North Africa

Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour

Conflict and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa has led to an increase in child labour across the region, including in children’s involvement in armed conflict and other illicit activities, a new report finds.

Child labour

The Marshall Islands ratifies Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention

Marshall Islands is the 184th Member State to have ratified Convention No. 182.

To Combat Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture, Training Activities Taken Place in Şanlıurfa

Trainings targeting agriculture intermediaries and women took place in Şanlıurfa within the framework of “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Turkey Project”*...

Child labour

Palau ratifies Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention

Palau is the 183rd Member State to have ratified Convention No. 182

ILO Viet Nam

ILO chief technical advisor receives Government medal for contributions to child labour prevention in Viet Nam

On his last day as ILO Viet Nam’s chief technical advisor, Minoru Ogasawara was awarded a medal for his efforts in the fight against child labour in Viet Nam.

Trainings on Child Labour Monitoring in Seasonal Agriculture Taken Place in Şanlıurfa

Trainings on child labour monitoring mechanism took place in Şanlıurfa within the framework of “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Turkey Project”* jointly...

Mining

Opening address at the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Technical Working Group Consultation and Planning Workshop

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Technical Working Group Consultation and Planning Workshop, Quezon, Philippines, 12 February 2019

ILO promotes children’s rights through education, the arts and media training

The ILO’S CARING Gold Mining project supports the promotion of children’s right by enhancing capacity of stakeholders on the use of the ILO Supporting Children’s Rights through Education Art and Media (SCREAM) methodology. Child Labour Away!!!

Social protection

Only one third of children covered by social protection: ILO, UNICEF

A new report by UNICEF and the ILO highlights the critical need to extend social protection to all children.

Moving forward with actions to reach a future without child labour in Indonesia

Indonesian key stakeholders on child labour issues gathered together to review and examine challenges, progresses and experiences on the elimination of child labour in the country. They developed seven recommendations to move forward to the future...

Media advisory

ILO, UNICEF report shows shortcomings in social protection for children

Labour inspection

ILO conducts a tripartite workshop in Syria focused on labour inspection

The ILO training-of-trainers workshop in Damascus focused on labour inspection, gender equality, child labour as well as occupational safety and health.

ILO100

ILO Joined Kyrgyzstan’s 100 Days Against Trafficking in Persons Campaign

The International Labour Organization (ILO) joined Kyrgyzstan’s 100 Days Against Trafficking in Persons National Campaign which took place in September – December 2018. In the course of the campaign, representatives of the ILO which will mark its...

Preventing Children’s Involvement in the Worst Forms of Child Labour: Action Plan for 2019-2024

On January 24, 2019 a meeting to refine the 2019-2024 Action Plan for preventing children’s involvement in the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The working group was formed in May 2018 as part of the 2017-2027...