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Feature story from the Philippines: Making future harvests without child labour

Seventy per cent of the world’s working children are in agriculture. From tending cattle to harvesting crops, handling dangerous machinery and spraying pesticides, over 132 million children aged 5 to 14 help produce the food we eat and the clothes...

Media Advisory: World Day Against Child Labour 2007

June 12th is observed globally as World Day against Child Labour.  The theme for this year’s observance is child workers in agriculture.

12 june 2007 - World Day Against Child Labour to focus on elimination of child labour in agriculture

This year’s World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June is to focus on the elimination of child labour in agriculture, which accounts for a staggering percentage of the world’s working children and is one of the most dangerous forms of work for...

Chiang Rai May day march against child labour

Representatives of workers, employers, business associations, youth groups, government departments along with migrant workers will take part in a Labour Day march against child labour in Chiang Rai on 1 May.

Combating trafficking and child labour in Northern Thailand: A showcase of effective models and new initiatives

The ILO and the Royal Thai Government are launching a series of joint-efforts to tackle human trafficking and child labour.

ILO calls for zero tolerance of violence against children in the workplace

Millions of child labourers and legally employed adolescents face "systemic" violence at their places of work, ranging from physical or verbal abuse to sexual harassment, rape and even murder, according to a new "World Report on Violence Against...

Universal Children's Day: Stop violence against children in the workplace!

Every year, millions of children who work pay a heavy price in terms of pain and abuse for their labour. The "World Report on Violence Against Children", launched on Universal Children's Day says many of the world's more than 300 million child and...

Combating child labour: Lessons from the Turkish labour inspection experience

Over the last two years, more than 4,000 children and youth in three Turkish provinces have been withdrawn or prevented from entering the worst forms of child labour thanks to a labour inspection project launched by the ILO's International Programme...

New UN Report on violence against children: the workplace setting Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace

A new report by the United Nations on violence against children is to be transmitted to the UN General Assembly this week. One of its sections is devoted to violence as it affects children who work. According to the report, the key departure point...