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July 2021
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The Atom Araullo Specials: Munting Bisig (Little Arm) child labour during the pandemic
25 July 2021
Atom Araullo gets to know children working amid the COVID-19 pandemic and features an interview with ILO Director Khalid Hassan on child labour in a special documentary of GMA News.
June 2021
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COVID-19 pandemic not an argument to stop children's education
12 June 2021
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.
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World Day Against Child Labour
Global progress to end child labour has stalled
10 June 2021
Global progress to end child labour has come to a halt for the first time in over two decades, reversing the downward trend that saw child labour fall by 94 million between 2000 and 2016. The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years. That means one out of every 10 children is today in child labour. To reverse this trend, the ILO and UNICEF are calling for increased spending on public services and education, decent work for adults, and stronger laws to protect children better. Find out more: www.ilo.org & www.unicef.org
April 2021
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UN Year: End Child Labour 2021
Lokua Kanza: We can all act to ensure a better future for our children
09 April 2021
Congolese singer and songwriter, Lokua Kanza, will be one of the judges of the Music Against Child Labour Initiative’s global music competition, launched by the youth music organization Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) in collaboration with the ILO. He says it’s time to act to ensure a better future for children, and called on musicians to raise awareness of child labour by taking part in the competition, which closes on 12 April.
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UN Year: End Child Labour 2021
Juan Diego Flórez: Music offers hope to children
07 April 2021
The Music Against Child Labour Initiative's international song competition will be judged by celebrated opera singer, Juan Diego Flórez.
March 2021
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UN Year: End Child Labour 2021
Ralph Johnson: Act now to protect our children
18 March 2021
The Music Against Child Labour Initiative's international song competition will be judged by Grammy Winner and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, Ralph Johnson.
February 2021
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UN Year: End Child Labour 2021
AR Rahman: Let's use the power of music to fight child labour
03 February 2021
Music transcends all barriers. The Music Against Child Labour Initiative launches an international song competition this February with AR Rahman as one of the esteemed judges.
November 2020
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World Children’s Day
Child labour is an affront to our common values
20 November 2020
The universal ratification of the ILO’s Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour is a positive step for Africa’s children says Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa.
December 2016
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"Child Labour in the Streets: Challenges and Opportunities” Regional Workshop in Egypt
15 December 2016
ILO focuses on children working in the streets as part of its core mandate through sharing knowledge and supporting partners to take actions on child labour.
June 2014
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Red Card to Child Labour
Red Card to Child Labour:Aerial art from Botafogo Beach, Rio de Janeiro
12 June 2014
More than a thousand people came together on Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro to form a giant Aerial Art image to raise awareness of the 168 million of children worldwide who are in child labour. Against the backdrop of Sugar Loaf Mountain, the volunteers created a human pinwheel - the emblem of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). This was the main launch event to mark the start of the ILO's new Red Card to Child Labour Campaign. The Aerial Artist is John Quigley/Spectral Q, and the event was produced by Patricia Foulkrod.