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Timor-Leste develops various programmes to reach a future without child labour

Commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour

Timor-Leste develops various programmes to reach a future without child labour

In conjunction with the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour (WDCAL), the Government of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO and UNICEF, take actions to eradicate child labour in the country.

Caribbean labour leaders join global discussions at ILC2023 to advance social justice for all
Group photo ILO Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo, with Caribbean Delegates during the 111th ILC, Geneva

Caribbean labour leaders join global discussions at ILC2023 to advance social justice for all

Participating delegations included Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten

Australia ratifies Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment at work and Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age

Labour Standards

Australia ratifies Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment at work and Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age

Australia has now ratified ten of the eleven fundamental instruments

ILO & UNICEF call for urgent measures to stop the worst forms of child labour

Commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour

ILO & UNICEF call for urgent measures to stop the worst forms of child labour

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have renewed their call for the prioritization of social safety nets and provision of quality social services to help protect children against the worst...

ILO discusses child labour in agrifood value chains

ILO discusses child labour in agrifood value chains

At an event which marked the Word Day Against Child Labour, ILO-Brussels Director, Lieve Verboven stressed the importance of sharing best practices and concrete interventions in order to tackle child labour.

June 12, World Day Against Child Labour

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June 12, World Day Against Child Labour

To bring social justice to all we must end child labour

World Day Against Child Labour

To bring social justice to all we must end child labour

On World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2023, the ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo calls on the international community to support greater social justice and step up the fight against child labour.

End Child Labour in Iraq

End Child Labour in Iraq

The United Nations in Iraq, including ILO and UNICEF call on all partners to ensure enhanced social justice and step up the fight against child labour.

Children leave work, return to school and gain access to safe spaces through ILO project in Jordan

Our impact, their voices

Children leave work, return to school and gain access to safe spaces through ILO project in Jordan

Through the establishment of local committees and centres across Jordan, the ILO has been addressing child labour in the country’s agricultural sector. It supported communities and families to send hundreds of Jordanians and Syrian refugee children...

I was a child labourer, now I work to prevent it
Former child labourer, Daniel Berruezo stands in a barn and looks out across it in deep thought.

ILO Voices | Child labour

I was a child labourer, now I work to prevent it

Daniel Berruezo knows first-hand what child labour is. He worked from the age of seven in Argentina’s tobacco sector in the province of Salta. Now he is part of a regional effort to eliminate child labour through his work at Salta’s Ministry of...

Antigua and Barbuda announces plans to evaluate child labour
A young child labourer bent over carrying a green wooden door on his back

Antigua and Barbuda announces plans to evaluate child labour

The process intends to close gaps in data for effective monitoring, prevention and elimination.

ILO Myanmar calls for concerted actions to promote social justice in the fight against child labour

World Day Against Child Labour 2023

ILO Myanmar calls for concerted actions to promote social justice in the fight against child labour

Urgent action needed to help the more than one million children trapped in child labour in Myanmar due to poverty and crises.

June 12, World Day Against Child Labour

Video

June 12, World Day Against Child Labour

Latin America and the Caribbean seeks to accelerate efforts to eradicate child labour
Group photo of signatories recommitting to eradicating child labour via Zoom

World Day Against Child Labour

Latin America and the Caribbean seeks to accelerate efforts to eradicate child labour

The Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour reaffirms its commitment to achieve the first generation free of child labour

Taking stock of initiatives to expand access to Universal Health Coverage (CMU) for cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire: Assessment and...

ACCEL Cote d'Ivoire

Taking stock of initiatives to expand access to Universal Health Coverage (CMU) for cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire: Assessment and...

In Côte d'Ivoire, the ILO's ACCEL Africa project piloted an innovative approach to extend Universal Health Coverage (CMU) to vulnerable cocoa farmers. Stakeholders from cooperatives, cocoa exporters and health centers who participated in the first...

Annual Report 2023: An Industry and Compliance Review

Annual Report 2023: An Industry and Compliance Review

Better Work Jordan Reporting period: January - December 2022

Development cooperation between ILO and Saudi Arabia enters new phase
From left to right: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister for International Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development Adnan Al-Nuaim, ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Development H.E. Ahmed Al-Rajhi and and ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat.

Development cooperation between ILO and Saudi Arabia enters new phase

A letter of intent was signed on the side-lines of the International Labour Conference to launch Phase II of a joint ILO-Saudi development cooperation programme, under which the ILO will provide support in analysis, policy and capacity development.

National Action Plan on Child Labour, 2020-2025

National Action Plan

National Action Plan on Child Labour, 2020-2025

The development of the second Malawi National Action Plan on Child Labour (NAP II) covering the period 2020-2025 reaffirms Malawi government commitment to the elimination of child labour and thus calls stakeholders and the general public to join...

ACCEL Africa: Advancing Responsible Gold Mining for Livelihoods and Rights

ACCEL Africa: Advancing Responsible Gold Mining for Livelihoods and Rights

The video presents the approaches undertaken by the ACCEL Africa project in Mali, Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire to foster the formalization of the ASGM sector in the three target countries, providing insights from miners, local leaders, Government’s...

ACCEL Africa: World Day Against Child Labour 2023

ACCEL Africa: World Day Against Child Labour 2023