News
2022
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Video
From fields to school: the voice of young boys from Burkina Faso
12 June 2022
Issa and Oumarou had to flee their village because of violence and were at risk of falling into child labour. Until the CLEAR Cotton project enrolled them in an accelerated schooling centre.
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World Day Against Child Labour
Fight against child labour is at a crossroads
10 June 2022
In his statement for World Day Against Child Labour 2022, International Labour Organization Director-General, Guy Ryder, warns the choices made by governments now will make or break the lives of millions of children. He says social protection is one of the most powerful measures to prevent child labour, providing families with income security in difficult times.
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International Advisory Board
An International Advisory Board to provide strategic advice to eradicate child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking
07 June 2022
A group of experts including researchers, policy actors, and funding partners have been serving on the ILO’s International Advisory Board to advance knowledge to eradicate child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking
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Child Labour
World Day Against Child Labour : A pray for the children in Ukraine
03 June 2022
The war in Ukraine️ is having a devastating impact on the children. On the occasion of the world day against child labour, find out here a pray for the children who are living in Ukraine as well as many countries at war.
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Press release
ILO to launch Myanmar eLearning Programme on Child Labour to bolster social protection and community action
30 May 2022
ILO (Myanmar) launches eLearning Programme on child labour.
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Press release
Training of Trainers’ on Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media successfully concluded
23 May 2022
The CLEAR Cotton project built the capacity of 30 masters trainers on eliminating child labour in the cotton value chain thanks to the SCREAM methodology
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Video
Fighting discrimination against women and girls in Pakistan
23 May 2022
Young girls have been educated and motivated to raise awareness of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work among cotton growing communities. The ILO developed this testimonial under its project “Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the Cotton Supply Chain”, funded by INDITEX.
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5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour
Global Child Labour Conference agrees Durban Call to Action to end child labour
20 May 2022
The ‘Durban Call to Action’ includes strong commitments on action against child labour while raising concerns that existing progress has slowed and is now threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflict, as well as food, environmental and humanitarian crises.
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Voices
A child should go to school, not to work
16 May 2022
Domboué Nibéissé was 9 years old when he stopped going to school and started to work in the cotton fields in Burkina Faso. Difficult and tiring work, two years later he was given an opportunity to return to school.
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5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour
Far-reaching action needed to end child labour
16 May 2022
Delegates at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour unite in calling for more to be done to end child labour