World Day Against Child Labour
B-roll: Kailash Satyarthi - If the world can reach out to Mars, why can’t we reach out to every child who is in danger?
“Today we know that the number of child labourers has decreased from more than 250 million to 152 million. So a lot has been achieved but it is not enough. If the world can reach out to Mars, why can’t we reach out to every single child who is in danger?” says Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Global March Against Child Labour.
Duration:
03:48
Location:
Interview filmed at the Palais des Nations, Geneva June 4, 2018 with archival b-roll of the Global March June 1998, Geneva
Production date:
12 June 2018
Audio:
Natural sound (sound bites in English)
Rights:
Copyright ILO - ILO audio-visual material is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 IGO license
Video type:
B-roll
Keywords:
child labour, Kailash Satyarthi, Global March Against Child Labour
Contact:
multimedia@ilo.org
ILO TV interviewed Kailash Satyarthi on the 20th anniversary of the Global March Against Child Labour. The Global March culminated with children marching into the United Nations Assembly Hall during the 86th International Labour Conference of the ILO in June 1998, and resulted in the adoption of the international labour standard, ILO Convention 182 on the worst forms of child labour .
ILO TV interviewed Kailash Satyarthi on the 20th anniversary of the Global March Against Child Labour. The Global March culminated with children marching into the United Nations Assembly Hall during the 86th International Labour Conference of the ILO in June 1998, and resulted in the adoption of the international labour standard, ILO Convention 182 on the worst forms of child labour .
Shotlist:
00:00 – 01:44
Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Global March Against Child Labour (in English):
“Well 20 years are not a long tenure in the history of humankind. But what has been achieved in reducing child labour is remarkable. I could recall that how millions of people came on the streets, especially the children and young people saying no to child labour. I still remember those slogans, which were resounding in this building, when hundreds of young people, victims of slavery, trafficking, child labour, forced labour, they entered with the slogans: “No more tools in tiny hands, we want books, we want toys! No more child labour, we want education!” And the world had listened to those children, and that was the beginning of the March in 1998. And today we know that how the number of child labourers has decreased from more than 250 million to 152 million. We have also seen that larger number of children were able to go to schools. We have also seen progress in restoring child rights and human rights in many countries during these 20 years. So a lot has been achieved but it is not enough. If the world can reach out to Mars, why can’t we reach out to every single child who is in danger? Why can’t we reach out to a child who is working in a field, in a farm, or in a factory, or at any workplace to ensure the freedom, dignity, rights, education and dreams of that child? ”
“Well 20 years are not a long tenure in the history of humankind. But what has been achieved in reducing child labour is remarkable. I could recall that how millions of people came on the streets, especially the children and young people saying no to child labour. I still remember those slogans, which were resounding in this building, when hundreds of young people, victims of slavery, trafficking, child labour, forced labour, they entered with the slogans: “No more tools in tiny hands, we want books, we want toys! No more child labour, we want education!” And the world had listened to those children, and that was the beginning of the March in 1998. And today we know that how the number of child labourers has decreased from more than 250 million to 152 million. We have also seen that larger number of children were able to go to schools. We have also seen progress in restoring child rights and human rights in many countries during these 20 years. So a lot has been achieved but it is not enough. If the world can reach out to Mars, why can’t we reach out to every single child who is in danger? Why can’t we reach out to a child who is working in a field, in a farm, or in a factory, or at any workplace to ensure the freedom, dignity, rights, education and dreams of that child? ”
01:44 – 02:25
Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Global March Against Child Labour (in English):“I understood through my fight against child labour in India and South Asia that it is not an isolated problem of one or another country. It has to be tackled globally. So on one hand we had to build a strong social movement, but on the other hand we had to have strong laws. And our demand was ILO Convention Against the Worst Forms of Child Labour. And the politicians, the workers, employers, civil society organizations, faith leaders listened to those children those days and finally we have been successful.”
02:25 – 03:48
Archival b-roll 1998: Various of children participating in the Global March in June 1998, marching to the United Nations in Geneva on the occasion of the ILO’s 86th International Labour Conference. Includes natural sound: “We want education, no more tools in tiny hands, we want books we want toys.”
03:48
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