2022

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   © Seng Mai / Photo Doc 2022

   Child labour in Myanmar’s jade mines is a deadly gamble

   08 April 2022

   More than 160 million children are still in child labour around the world. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to reverse years of progress, the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour will be taking place in Durban, South Africa, 15–20 May. More than 4,000 delegates will discuss good practices, identify gaps and the urgent measures that are needed to help children like Min Min, who works in Myanmar’s jade mines.

2021

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   ILO in action: We work to end child labour in DR Congo’s cobalt mines

   09 November 2021

   ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Josée Blandine Ongotto, speaks from the field about the COTECCO Project, which is combating child labour in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with funding from the US Department of Labor.

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   © Asitha Seneviratne 2022

   A song to let children fly

   03 February 2021

   Sri Lankan music star Ridma Weerawardena talks about his hit song "Let them fly" and why he decided to join the fight against child labour. Read more on our new multimedia Voices platform.

2016

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   Back to school: Remedial classes for working children begin in Kyrgyzstan

   08 October 2016

   Three formal remedial classes for children with breaks in their education, school drop-outs and child labourers have started at the secondary school No. 94 in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek.

2011

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   The impact of pesticide exposure on child labourers in agriculture

   22 June 2011

   The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO held a side event during the conference (on 22 June at 13:00) to highlight the impact of pesticide exposure on children, and child labourers in particular. ILO News spoke to Paola Termine, ILO Technical specialist on child labour in agriculture, who is also coordinating the International partnership for cooperation on child labour in agriculture, ahead of the meeting.

2006

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

   17 November 2006

   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 adolescent workers suffer ill-treatment, physical and psychological violence, verbal or sexual abuse. The report paints a stark picture of the nature, extent and causes of violence against children, including forms of violence in places of work ILO Online reports.

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

   12 October 2006

   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 has to be a policy of zero tolerance of violence against children who are working - whether legally or in child labour. Frans Roselaers, Director of the ILO's Department of Partnerships and Development Cooperation and member of the editorial board of the report says that although the end of child labour may be in reach, stopping violence against working children is an urgent need.

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   95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
   The end of child labour: Together we can do it

   09 June 2006

   This year's International Labour Conference will also focus on global activities against child labour. On 9 June, the Conference Plenary will discuss the ILO's new Global Report on child labour, including a special event highlighting the progress made in eliminating child labour in countries like Brazil, Tanzania and Turkey.

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   Child labour in Africa: Plucking the Green Gold of Tooro

   04 May 2006

   The new ILO report "The end of child labour: Within reach" paints a mixed picture of child labour worldwide. While the global total of child labourers is on the decline, there remain some 50 million working children in sub-Saharan Africa. But the unprecedented international movement to end child labour is opening a window of opportunity for Africa's fight against the practice. ILO Online reports from a tea plantation in Uganda.

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   Child labour in Asia: The story of Thao

   04 May 2006

   Asia and the Pacific registered declines both in the child population and in the number of economically active children, but only a very small decrease in activity rates, according to the ILO's new Global Report "The end of child labour: Within reach". The ILO estimates that this region has the largest number of child workers in the 5-14 age group - some 122 million, with 62 million engaged in work that is considered hazardous. ILO Online reports from the Indonesian capital Jakarta.