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ILO survey: 5.5 million working children in the Philippines

The government has announced it is scaling up the campaign to put an end to the worst forms of child labour by 2016.

Sixteen working children sent to vocational schools in Bishkek

ILO – Kampung Halaman Foundation to launch Indonesian Child Labour Video: Indonesia, I am Your Future!

In conjunction with the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO, in collaboration with Kampung Halaman Foundation (YKH), will organize a series of campaign activities titled “Indonesia, I am Your Future!”. This campaign will use...

Philippines scales up fight against child labour, ILO urges renewed action towards global deadline

The Philippines launched a nationwide campaign against child labour. The "Batang Malaya", Child labor free Philippines, is the country’s response for renewed action towards the global deadline of ending the worst forms of child labour by 2016.

Message of solidarity at the Batang Malaya: Child labour free Philippines launch

By His Excellency Ambassador Harry K. Thomas, Jr. of the Embassy of the United States of America at the Batang Malaya: Child labour free Philippines launch, Pasig City, Philippines, 26 June 2012

Message at the Batang Malaya: Child labour free Philippines launch

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Batang Malaya: Child labour free Philippines launch, Pasig City, Philippines, 26 June 2012

Press statement at the Batang Malaya: Child labour free Philippines

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Batang Malaya: Child labour free Philippines, Pasig City, Philippines, 26 June 2012

World Day Against Child Labour 2012: Education is a critical response to tackle child labour and youth employment

A large share of young Indonesians is neither in the labour force nor in school, according to a new report released today by Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) – a partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF and the...

Jamaica observes World Day against Child Labour

"It was an appropriate time to focus national attention on our responsibility to nurture our children and protect them [...] from all forms of violations of their fundamental rights.” (Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller)

ILO, UNICEF, UNESCO & EU observed World Day against Child Labour in Pakistan

ILO jointly with UNICEF, UNESCO and EU organised seminar on 12 June to observe the World Day Against Child Labour in Pakistan.

World Day Against Child Labour 2012: Stepping up action against child labour

A large gap remains between the ratification of Conventions on child labour and the actions countries take to deal with the problem, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report marking the tenth anniversary of the annual World Day...

World Day against Child Labour - Those who work the hardest are the poorest

Media release jointly organised by UNICEF and ILO on the occasion on the World Day against Child Labour, 12 June 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal.

12 June – World Day against Child Labour – Launch of the Thai Frozen Foods Association’s Policy against child labour and forced labour,...

To mark World Day against Child Labour, members of the Thai Frozen Foods Association launch their policy with commitment to promoting a safe and motivating working environment that is free of child labour, forced labour and discrimination.

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour (12 June, 2012)

Stepping up the fight against child labour

Closing message at the Provincial World Day against Child Labour

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Provincial World Day against Child Labour, Bukidnon, Philippines, 11 June 2012

12 June 2012 - World Day Against Child Labour

12 June 2012 is World Day Against Child Labour. This year’s World Day will highlight the work that needs to be done to make the Roadmap for achieving the elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016,adopted by the international community,...

From a child’s eye: Working in the hot sharp salt fields of Cambodia

This year, the world marks the tenth anniversary of the annual World Day Against Child Labour. But for many parents in Cambodia, sending their children to work is an economic necessity.

Working a childhood away in Afghanistan’s kilns

Children as young as five work as brick makers in Afghanistan’s kilns, as poverty and debt keep their families in low-wage bonded labour. Tackling the issue is far more complex than just banning child labour in the kilns, the ILO says.

Media advisory: World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2012

This year’s annual World Day against Child Labour will put the spotlight on the progress that ILO Member States have made in the application of the ILO’s Conventions on Child Labour.