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40 million in modern slavery and 152 million in child labour around the world

Modern slavery and child labour

40 million in modern slavery and 152 million in child labour around the world

New data reveal that the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal Target 8.7, will not be achieved unless efforts to fight modern slavery and child labour are dramatically increased.

40 million in modern slavery and 152 million in child labour around the world

Modern slavery and child labour

40 million in modern slavery and 152 million in child labour around the world

New data reveal that the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal Target 8.7, will not be achieved unless efforts to fight modern slavery and child labour are dramatically increased.

Powerful global coalition to boost equal pay for women at work

Gender equality

Powerful global coalition to boost equal pay for women at work

New initiative will support innovative and effective equal pay policies and practices around the globe.

Alliance 8.7 to present the latest global estimates of modern slavery and child labour

Media advisory

Alliance 8.7 to present the latest global estimates of modern slavery and child labour

Media plays critical role in ensuring fair gains of economic growth

Press and integration

Media plays critical role in ensuring fair gains of economic growth

A media workshop is organized to help Vietnamese labour journalists gain in-depth knowledge on industrial relations issues in economic integration.

Discussion of ILO Programmes to Combat Child Labour in Kyrgyzstan

Discussion of ILO Programmes to Combat Child Labour in Kyrgyzstan

On 8 August 2017, Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Vice Mayor Nurbek Kadyrov met with Tino Clemens of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The Netherlands gives impetus to the global effort to eradicate all forms of forced labour

Our impact, their voices

The Netherlands gives impetus to the global effort to eradicate all forms of forced labour

Strengthening their efforts in fighting human trafficking, the Netherlands ratifies the ILO Forced Labour Protocol.

Towards a future of work without child labour and forced labour in Europe and Central Asia

Trade Unions

Towards a future of work without child labour and forced labour in Europe and Central Asia

ILO launches journalism fellowship to improve reporting on labour migration in the Arab States

ILO launches journalism fellowship to improve reporting on labour migration in the Arab States

The programme – produced in partnership with the Ethical Journalism Network – targets journalists and digital media in order to change the narrative on migration in the region.

Advancing Alliance 8.7 in Europe and Central Asia

Alliance 8.7

Advancing Alliance 8.7 in Europe and Central Asia

ILO and OSCE host Europe and Central Asia regional meeting on achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 of eradicating child labour by 2025 and forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking by 2030.

ILO monitoring of the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

Child labour and forced labour

ILO monitoring of the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

Budapest hosts Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on achieving the SDG Target 8.7 with regard to Child and Forced Labour

Budapest hosts Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on achieving the SDG Target 8.7 with regard to Child and Forced Labour

Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa

“In order to advance Alliance 8.7, we can no longer do business as usual”, said ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma, at the opening of a two-day regional consultation on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference...

Statement by H.E. Amira Elfadil at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Statement by H.E. Amira Elfadil at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...

Statement by Aeneas C. Chuma at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Statement by Aeneas C. Chuma at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...

Addis Ababa to host a regional consultation on Child and Forced Labour in sub-Saharan Africa

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Addis Ababa to host a regional consultation on Child and Forced Labour in sub-Saharan Africa

From 22 to 23 June 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Alliance 8.7 will host a two-day consultative meeting on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa, in preparation for the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour...

Denmark joins renewed fight to end forced labour

Forced labour

Denmark joins renewed fight to end forced labour

Sweden joins the global movement against forced labour

Forced labour

Sweden joins the global movement against forced labour

Iceland ratifies the 2014 Protocol to the 1930 ILO Forced Labour Convention, as part of a renewed global effort to eradicate all forms of...

Forced labour

Iceland ratifies the 2014 Protocol to the 1930 ILO Forced Labour Convention, as part of a renewed global effort to eradicate all forms of...

Jamaica takes the lead in the Caribbean in the fight against modern slavery

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Jamaica takes the lead in the Caribbean in the fight against modern slavery

It ratifies the Forced Labour Protocol, during the International Labour Conference in Geneva, becoming the 14th country to do so worldwide.