World Day Against Child Labour

Syrian and Lebanese children from refugee host communities mark World Day Against Child Labour with theatrical performance

The ILO and Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour launch a theatrical performance by Syrian and Lebanese children working in hazardous environments after a series of training sessions tailored to child labour awareness raising.

The ILO and Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour will launch a theatre, drama, singing production by Syrian and Lebanese children working in hazardous types of child labour in Lebanon using an ILO-International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) tailored to sensitizing young people around the world about child labour and armed conflict. The production will be attended by approximately 3,000 working and at risk children from refugee settlements in Lebanon and surrounding host communities, policy makers within these communities, as well as relevant humanitarian agencies, as well as representatives of workers and employers organizations,

Children working in agriculture and small informal establishments in Lebanon’s Beqaa region will receive training from Syrian and Lebanese arts, theatre, and music teachers as well as social workers already engaged with children in Syrian settlements and host communities around Lebanon. Teachers and social workers will have already received training on theatre production from Lebanese television producers, production specialists, child psychologists and child rights activists, which incorporates the IPEC SCREAM – Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media – programme.

SCREAM is an education and social mobilization initiative to help educators in formal and non-formal education settings to cultivate young people’s understanding of the causes and consequences of child labour. The programme places heavy emphasis on the use of the visual, literary and performing arts and provides young people with powerful tools of self-expression while supporting their personal and social development.