News on child labour
2023
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Commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour
Timor-Leste develops various programmes to reach a future without child labour
16 June 2023
In conjunction with the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour (WDCAL), the Government of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO and UNICEF, take actions to eradicate child labour in the country.
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© ILO/Crozet M. 2023
Labour Standards
Australia ratifies Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment at work and Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age
14 June 2023
Australia has now ratified ten of the eleven fundamental instruments
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Commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour
ILO & UNICEF call for urgent measures to stop the worst forms of child labour
12 June 2023
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have renewed their call for the prioritization of social safety nets and provision of quality social services to help protect children against the worst forms of child labour in Timor-Leste.
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Our impact, their voices
Children leave work, return to school and gain access to safe spaces through ILO project in Jordan
12 June 2023
Through the establishment of local committees and centres across Jordan, the ILO has been addressing child labour in the country’s agricultural sector. It supported communities and families to send hundreds of Jordanians and Syrian refugee children back to school, and provided them with access to support services.
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© ILO 2023
Voices
I was a child labourer, now I work to prevent it
12 June 2023
Daniel Berruezo knows first-hand what child labour is. He worked from the age of seven in Argentina’s tobacco sector in the province of Salta. Now he is part of a regional effort to eliminate child labour through his work at Salta’s Ministry of Labour.
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World Day Against Child Labour
To bring social justice to all we must end child labour
12 June 2023
On World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2023, the ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo calls on the international community to support greater social justice and step up the fight against child labour.
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Press release
Development cooperation between ILO and Saudi Arabia enters new phase
08 June 2023
A letter of intent was signed on the side-lines of the International Labour Conference to launch Phase II of a joint ILO-Saudi development cooperation programme, under which the ILO will provide support in analysis, policy and capacity development.
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Article
Skills training and financial empowerment: The antidote to child labour in India
29 May 2023
The ILO’s MAP16 project adopted a Convergence Model to empower rescued child labour and their families, socially and economically.
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Video
A song by children in Türkiye to help elimination of child labour
22 April 2023
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Article
Mobile phones, digital training and financial education to address child labour in rural West Africa
17 April 2023
The power of technology is being harnessed in Mali to deliver free audio messages on child labour, including new content specifically relating to financial education, to address one of the major root causes of child labour: poverty. The financial education component aims to improve farmers’ knowledge of and increase their access to financial services.