#EndChildLabour2021
Launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour (2021) in the Americas
Next Thursday, February 11, from 9:30 am to 11:00 am (GMT-5), governments of Latin America and the Caribbean, employers’ and workers’ organizations and civil society, will unite under one voice to advance towards the achievement of target 8.7 of the 2030 Agenda, relating to end child labour in all its forms by 2025.
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Ending child labour and guaranteeing fundamental rights for children and adolescents has been at the heart of the ILO's decent work agenda since its creation in 1919. Therefore, the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, 2021, declared by the UN General Assembly, is a historic opportunity to reaffirm commitments, take action and inspire broad partnerships to preserve the progress made on child labour and related issues such as social justice, inclusion and the reduction of inequalities.
Given the differentiated nature of child labour for children and adolescents, and what is at stake in the current context, providing urgent and effective responses requires joint action, from government at all levels, employers' and workers' organizations, and civil society in its broadest sense.
Therefore, the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, a tripartite cooperation platform composed of 30 countries, 7 employers' organizations and 7 workers' organizations, kicks off the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour 2021 with a high-level political and institutional event that seeks to advance on the last mile towards the achievement of Target 8.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to end child labour in all its forms by 2025.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/3jhGEEI
The event will have simultaneous intepretation into English, French and Portuguese.
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">here!Given the differentiated nature of child labour for children and adolescents, and what is at stake in the current context, providing urgent and effective responses requires joint action, from government at all levels, employers' and workers' organizations, and civil society in its broadest sense.
Therefore, the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, a tripartite cooperation platform composed of 30 countries, 7 employers' organizations and 7 workers' organizations, kicks off the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour 2021 with a high-level political and institutional event that seeks to advance on the last mile towards the achievement of Target 8.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to end child labour in all its forms by 2025.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/3jhGEEI
The event will have simultaneous intepretation into English, French and Portuguese.
Join the online dissemination from
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List of participants:
- Mr. Iván Duque, President of Colombia
- Mr. Alejandro Giammattei, President of Guatemala
- Mr. Francisco Sagasti Hochhausler, President of Peru
- Mr. Marvin Rodríguez Cordero, Vice president of Costa Rica
- Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize
- Ms. Sofia Mauricio, former child domestic worker and Peruvian activist for domestic workers' rights, and representative of Asociación Grupo de Trabajo Redes
- Mr. Alberto Echevarría, Representative of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
- Mr. Cícero Pereira da Silva, Secretary of Social Policies of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA)
- Mr. Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
- Ms. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
- Mr. Vinícius Pinheiro, ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Mr. Youssouf Abdel-Jelil, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Ms. Gabriela Frías, CNN en Español journalist and host
