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Opening address at the workshop on adopting a roadmap to eliminate child labour in domestic work in the Philippines

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the workshop on adopting a roadmap to eliminate child labour in domestic work in the Philippines, Makati City, Philippines, 19 January 2015

Results of the first-ever child labour survey presented in Tajikistan

On December 19, ILO constituents and international experts saw in Dushanbe a presentation of the data from the first-ever child labour survey conducted in Tajikistan in 2012-2013 by the Statistics Agency under the President of Tajikistan in close...

Launching of the preparations for the IV Global Conference on Child Labour 2017

Argentina Minister of Labour, Carlos Tomada, alongside the President of the National Commission to Eradicate Child Labour (CONAETI), María del Pilar Rey Méndez, headed the launching of the preparatory events for the IV Global Conference on Child...

Trade unions to promote decent work for domestic workers and elimination of child domestic labor

Key trade unions representatives from 11 countries will gather at the Regional Trade Union Workshop in Yogyakarta, to discuss innovative ways to reduce child domestic labor through the promotion of decent work for domestic workers.

Partnership

Germany increases support to the ILO's fight against child labour

Statement

Milano Classica - Statement of support to the "Music against Child Labour" Initiative

Statement - South Asian Child Rights Group Calls for Robust Protection of Child Rights

Statement of the South Asia Coordinating Group on Action against Violence against Children (SACG)

Global South-South Development Expo

ILO presents innovative South-South development solutions

The ILO contribution to the Global South-South Development Expo 2014 will feature scalable solutions related to South-South cooperation on social protection floors, the eradication of child labour, the social and solidarity economy, and fragile...

Child labour

Dancing together against child labour

An up-and-coming hip-hop dance group, The Zoo Thailand, put their talent to good use and joined the ILO in its campaign to end child labour.

Kyrgyzstan to interview 6,000 households within national child labour survey

Kyrgyzstan’s National Statistics Committee will hold a child labour survey within the framework of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) in Central Asia, interviewing 6,000 households. The survey’s results...

Tajikistan approves national programme to eliminate worst forms of child labour in 2015-2020

The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) takes comprehensive efforts to stop child labour in the Republic of Tajikistan, involving all branches of power. These efforts yield significant results.

18th American Regional Meeting

Latin America and Caribbean sign a Declaration to free the region from Child Labour

The Declaration states that the persistence of child labour, especially its worst forms, is a factor that exacerbates social inequality, which deepens social and economic vulnerability

18th American Regional Meeting

Latin America and the Caribbean redouble efforts against child labour

New regional initiative to tackle child labour agreed by Latin American and Caribbean countries at the 18th ILO American Regional Meeting in Lima.

Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action

The ILO-IPEC Project “Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action” organized two sub-regional workshops for tripartite participants from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

Nobel Peace Prize

Guy Ryder: "This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a landmark moment in the fight against child labour"

The International Labour Organization salutes the winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi.

International Summit of Cooperatives, Quebec City

ILO: "Cooperatives can and must play a significant role as value driven enterprises expanding into new and innovative areas"

Keynote address by Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director General for Policy, at the International Summit of Cooperatives Session on Cooperatives and Employment.

Fundamental principles and rights at work – seminar in Uzbekistan

On October 5, Uzbekistan’s Samarkand Regional Association of Trade Union Organizatons hosted a regional seminar on fundamental principles and rights at work. The event was organized by the Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan, the...

ILO supports Provincial Child Labour Day

The Deputy Director of International Labour Organization (ILO), Dr Joni Musabayana attended the Provincial Child Labour Day on Thursday morning; 02 October 2014. Dr Musabayana was giving the message of support alongside COSATU representative to the...

Latin America and the Caribbean assume the commitment to completely end child labour

The Focal Points Network of the “Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”, launched its first face-to-face meeting in Brasilia

Uzbekistan creates Coordination Council on Child Labour Issues

Uzbekistan has created the Coordination Council on Child Labour Issues that consists of representatives from the Council of the Trade Unions’ Federation, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population, the Chamber of Commerce and...