World Day 2020: News and events
News
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“A time of crisis, a time to act”
12 June 2020
"We will indeed take definitive action to ensure our future will be one that is absent of child labour". An opinion editorial by Ms Simrin Singh, Country Director, ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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Message from ILO Regional Office for Africa to mark the World Day against Child Labour 12 June 2020
12 June 2020
Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social protection, while at the same time ensuring continued education for children. The ILO is also expediting action to strengthen the capacity of government, including labour inspection and law enforcement, as well as organizations of workers and employers.
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COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!
12 June 2020
Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social protection, while at the same time ensuring continued education for children.
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Myanmar signs up to key international convention on minimum working age ahead of the World Day Against Child Labour
12 June 2020
Amid COVID-19 crisis, ILO and UNICEF call to ‘Protect Children, Now More than Ever’
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In times of COVID-19, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking action to protect the most vulnerable from child labour during crisis management and recovery
12 June 2020
COVID-19 presents unprecedented risks to the rights and safety and development of children. Many children in child labour are at risk of entering more hidden or hazardous forms of work or working longer hours. The crisis can also push millions of vulnerable children into child labour, having to contribute to family income at too young an age. These examples from Latin America and the Caribbean demonstrate action taken by governments and partners to protect children from child labour and build back a better future for all children.
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World Day against Child Labour 2020
An advocacy-cum-awareness campaign for child labour elimination was organised jointly by ILO Project ‘Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Cotton Supply Chain Project’ and Government of Telangana on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour 2020.
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European Commision message on World Day Against Child Labour 2020
12 June 2020
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FAO marks the World Day Against Child Labour with call to step up efforts to protect children in times of the crisis
12 June 2020
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COVID-19 and Child Labour: Looking forward in times of crisis
12 June 2020
The 2020 World Day Against Child Labour focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on Child Labour, while looking forward to the International Year on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2021. On the occasion of the World Day, a high-level virtual debate discuss the importance of protecting children from child labour in COVID-19 response and recovery plans.
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© UNICEF/IRAQ 2024
Joint Statement by the ILO and UNICEF on World Day Against Child Labour in Iraq
12 June 2020