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Labour Code 2019

Things employers should know: Minor workers

Supporting Children's Rights through Education, Art and Media (SCREAM) in Egypt.

The video includes interviews with a number of boys and girls describing their experience as being exposed to child labour. In addition, it includes interviews with the staff of Child Labour Center staff on their role and reflection on the...

World Day Against Child Labour

Take action to end child labour

Country Director of ILO Bangladesh, Tuomo Poutiainen, called for the actions that are still needed to tackle child labour in the country.

World Day Against Child Labour 2021

The International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture statement on child labour in agriculture

The members of the International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture (IPCCLA), namely FAO, ILO, IFAD, IUF, IFPRI has released a joint statement on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour 2021, focusing on child...

Take Action: Put an End to Child Labour!

This year's World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) - which comes on June 12 of each year - is considered as an opportunity to urge the tripartite constituents of the International Labour Organization (government - employers - workers) to take...

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, ILO and UNICEF commit to ending Child Labour in Somalia

Mogadishu, 12 June 2021 – To commemorate the 2021 World Day against Child Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund...

Let us make a real difference for the most vulnerable children and their families!

Ms Dagmar Walter, Director ILO India, was invited by Lok Sabha Secretariat Parliamentary Research & Training Institute for Democracies (Pride) to speak at a panel discussion on ‘World Day against Child Labour’.

How COVID-19 has Accelerated Child Labour in the Construction Sector

Coronavirus (Covid-19) forced child labour laws and law enforcers on a halt. As government announced a total lockdown, the construction sector was considered an essential service in Uganda so it was one of those that continued to operate in this...

Malawian Children Trafficked to Mozambique in Search of Jobs

This article uncovers a new form of exploitation where some families in Malawi are giving away their children to herd animals and work in crop fields in Mozambique at the expense of their right to education.

World Day Against Child Labour 2021

Music for rights, concert in Milan for the World Day Against Child Labour

World Day Against Child Labour

ILO to kick off the ILO Virtual Race to End Child Labour

To commemorate the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and the World Day against Child Labour 2021, the ILO organizes a virtual race as a social movement to end child labour and promote education for all Indonesian children.

COVID-19 pandemic not an argument to stop children's education

ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) Dateline Philippines marked the World Day against Child Labour and featured a live interview with Director Khalid Hassan of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines on the new ILO and UNICEF child labour report.

Virtual Race 2021 -- End Child Labour. Act Now!

ILO in collaboration with Cause Indonesia conduct a massive campaign through a virtual race by inviting more than 5,000 participants nationwide to be involved and to be part of the social movement against child labour.

Future of Work to Fight Child Labour

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn nine million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

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Act now: End child labour!

The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. Matin Karimli, ILO's Director for the Pacific, and Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative for the Pacific, explain why the time for change is now.

World Day Against Child Labour 2021

Pope Francis marks the World Day Against Child Labour by praying for children forced into labour

Pope Francis prays for children forced into labour and urges to protect them.

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African musicians win Music Against Child Labour Competition

The winning songs, from Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe, raise awareness of child labour and were chosen by a celebrity jury who reviewed more than 200 entries from 50 countries.

World Day Against Child Labour 2021

The ILO makes an urgent appeal to protect Myanmar’s children as child labour rises to 160 million worldwide

Joint press release of ILO and UNICEF

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn that the pandemic context may threaten Nepal’s progress in eradicating child labour.