News
2022
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Alliance 8.7
The Netherlands becomes an Alliance 8.7 pathfinder country
15 February 2022
The Netherlands recently became a pathfinder country for Alliance 8.7. ILO-Brussels interviewed Wilm Geurts, Director International Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands, about this new status.
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Impact stories
From child labour and forced labour to dreams of a better future
31 January 2022
Today, more than 160 million children are in child labour and 25 million people are in forced labour. What do they need? How do they feel? And who is helping them?
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The ILO in action: Tackling child labour in the COVID era
30 January 2022
Increasing public awareness on child labour is key to call for action and partnerships for delivering appropriate interventions for the prevention and elimination of child labour. Information and discussions on the issue has to reach all levels of the society in order to have a positive impact and set behavior changes.
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News
With the support of the ILO, Mauritania bans hazardous child labour
26 January 2022
In the framework of the MAP'16 project implemented in Mauritania and financed by USDOL (US Department of Labor) and in accordance with the provisions of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, the Mauritanian Ministry of Public Service and Labour decreed a law listing the dangerous work (LTD) prohibited to children
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Child and forced labour
Burkina cotton producers adopt a strategic plan against child labour with the support of the CLEAR Cotton project
24 January 2022
The National Union of Cotton Producers' Cooperative Societies of Burkina Faso (SCOOP-UNPCB) is involved in the fight against child and forced labour. Meeting from the 2nd to the 3rd December 2021 in Bobo Dioulasso, the elected representatives and technicians of the UNPCB validated a strategic plan aimed at fighting against these scourges.
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News
New US Department of Labor funding to advance the fight against child labour, forced labour and human trafficking worldwide
20 January 2022
Contribution of US$ 10 million supports ILO’s work to address the root causes of child labour, forced labour and human trafficking
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ILO 100th anniversary
17 January 2022
2019 will mark the International Labour Organization’s 100th anniversary. This makes the ILO older than the United Nations, one of the oldest international organisations active and relevant today, and still unique in its tripartite structure.
2021
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Article
Responsible Enterprises: Innovative Pathways to Child Labour Elimination
22 December 2021
Participants were introduced to the principles of the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) and its comprehensive approach to tackle child labour including aspects related to social dialogue, social protection, formalization and apprenticeship, labour inspection and remediation mechanisms, occupational safety and health.
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Opinion editorial
Migrant fishers prone to modern slavery
20 December 2021
An opinion editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, programme manager for ILO's skills development and Muhammad Nour, ILO's programme coordinator for Accelerator Lab 8.7, in conjunction with the commemoration of the International Migrants Day. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Post on 20 December.
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Awareness raising activities to combat child labour launched in Iraq
19 December 2021
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organization kicked off a series of activities that support a nation-wide campaign to tackle the worst forms of child labour in Iraq.