Child Labour
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© Kids United
World Children’s Day
Kids United sings against child labour
French youth music group, Kids United New Generation, has lent their voices to the ILO’s global campaign to end child labour. Their latest song highlights the urgent need to take action and calls on governments and organizations around the world to do more.
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Fundamental rights for a better future of work
Core work-related rights and principles can play a vital role in recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and help build a better, more equitable, world of work, says a new ILO report.
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ILO Child Labour Convention achieves universal ratification
All 187 member States of the International Labour Organization have ratified the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182).
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© Issouf Sanogo / AFP
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF
Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat.
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ILO celebrates the universal ratification of Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
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Marking its universal ratification, ITUC extols the importance of ILO Convention No. 182
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IOE congratulates the ILO and the international community on the universal ratification of C182
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Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi celebrates the universal ratification of ILO Convention No.182
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Millions of children across the globe continue to be exploited
News
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© Jake Brewer 2021
Child labour
2021: International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour
15 January 2021
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© ILO 2021
Q&A
Universal protection against the worst forms of child labour
23 December 2020
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Article
New partnership between the Government of Norway and the International Labour Organization to improve working conditions in Malawi’s tobacco sector
08 December 2020
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2017 Global Estimates of Child labour
Results and trends, 2012-2016
The report charts how far we have come and how far we still have to go to honour the commitment to end child labour. It also discusses key policy priorities in the campaign to reach the 2025 target. The report, and the global estimation exercise that underpins it, form part of a broader inter-agency effort under Alliance 8.7 to measure and monitor progress towards target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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World Report
Ending child labour by 2025: A review of policies and programmes
The latest Global Estimates indicate that 152 million children — 64 million girls and 88 million boys — are in child labour globally, accounting for almost one in 10 of all children worldwide. How can the world community get firmly on track toward eliminating child labour? This report points the way with policy approaches and responses.
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Report
Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains
The report presents research findings and recommendations on child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains. Jointly authored by the ILO, OECD, IOM and UNICEF under the aegis of Alliance 8.7, the report also represents the first ever attempt to measure these human rights abuses and violations on a large scale.
Publications
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Publication
IPEC+ Global Flagship Programme Implementation
03 July 2020
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COVID-19
COVID-19 impact on child labour and forced labour: The response of the IPEC+ Flagship Programme
20 May 2020
Events
A mobile application against child labour
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Eliminating and preventing child labour: Checkpoints for Companies
This app allows business managers and auditors to create interactive checklists that will help them ensure a child labour-free operation. There are 18 checkpoints in total, divided into six categories. Each checkpoint provides best-practice recommendations for taking action.