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Third Global Conference on Child Labour

ILO launches global campaign to end child labour

Hollywood actors and international athletes support the ILO's Red Card campaign.

Brasilia Youth Declaration

III Global Conference on Child Labour - Brasilia Youth Declaration

Comment by Guy Ryder

Child labour is no child’s play

ILO Chief calls on countries to boost efforts to fight child labour

Third Global Conference on Child Labour

ILO Director-General calls on countries to boost efforts to fight child labour

“We see greater understanding that decent work for adults and youth of working age is a necessity if we are to ensure family incomes that do not rely on child labour – and in turn, that child labour undermines decent work and decent wages for adult...

ILO Director-General's opening speech at the third Global Conference on Child Labour

ILO to participate in the third Global Conference on child labour in Brasilia

Azerbaijan to toughen measures in the fight against child labour

On October 1, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population and State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs signed a joint action plan to eliminate child labour drafted within the framework of the EU twinning project...

South Asia Coordinating Group on Action Against Violence Against Children (SACG) inaugural address

By Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the Third Technical Consultation Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children in South Asia, Thimpu, Bhutan, 26 September 2013

The ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, visited Thimpu, Bhutan from 25 to...

The main purpose of the visit was to meet members of the Government and attend a meeting of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC).

UN Global Compact Leaders learn more about the ILO-Global Compact Child Labour Platform

On September 19, 2013, a special event took place during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York offered to companies and other stakeholders the opportunity to learn more about the Child Labour Platform (CLP).

New report

ILO says global number of child labourers down by a third since 2000

A new ILO report shows that the fight against child labour is on the right track, but the goal of eliminating its worst forms by 2016 will not be met at the current pace.

New ILO Report finds Global Number of Child Labourers Falls

A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, with the largest absolute decline in the Asia Pacific region.

New report

New ILO report finds global number of child labourers falls - Asia Pacific sees the greatest decline but still has the largest numbers

A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, with the largest absolute decline in the Asia-Pacific region.

New ILO Child Labour Report calls for strong focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) states that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million. But Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest...

Tackling Child Labour through Education in Kenya

The Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE) - in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union (EU) – implemented a programme on “Tackling Child Labour through Education” where adopting a school was one of the...

What progress have we made to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016? Find out: New ILO Global Child Labour Report and launch of...

The new ILO report on child labour will be launched worldwide on Monday 23 September 2013. In Africa, press briefings will be held in Addis Ababa, Dakar and Nairobi alongside a Première in the region: the creation of the new web page for the...

Event

Tackling child labour in global value chains

A special event during the UN Global Compact Leaders’s Summit brings together companies, the ILO and employers’ and trade union representatives to discuss tools and mechanisms to tackle child labour in value chains.

New report

ILO to release new child labour estimates

A report containing the latest global and regional estimates of child labour will be launched in Bangkok on Monday 23 September 2013 by the ILO. The report, "Marking progress against child labour: Global estimates and trends 2000-2012", provides the...

Good Labour Practices programme for addressing child labour and forced labour in Thai fisheries industry launched

A Good Labour Practices (GLP) programme, a major labour protection initiative for the seafood industry in Thailand was launched today on 16th of September 2013 at the Rama Gardens Hotel Convention Hall, Bangkok, Thailand. The initiative is...