News
2014
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Worst forms of child labour
Battling commercial sexual exploitation of children in Madagascar
30 April 2014
The ILO and the EU join forces in an innovative project which uses education to help kids build new lives.
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Tackling child labour in Pakistan
A teacher like Baji
28 April 2014
Rubina’s story was told by representatives of the Punjab Literacy Department attending the South Asia Labour Conference recently held in Lahore. They were there to emphasize the close links between literacy, education, skills, employment and income.
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ILO activities in Arab States
High risk of child labour for Syrian refugees in Jordan
15 April 2014
In response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan, the ILO has identified child labour as a priority issue. Already, the Jordanian Government says that child labour has doubled nationwide - to 60,000 - since the refugee influx began in 2011.
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Presentation
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Child Labour
09 April 2014
Today more than 168 million children are in child labour and 85 million girls and boys can be found in its worst forms. Although child labour is declining, the pace has slowed down. Breaking the cycle of poverty and child labour is essential!
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News
Somalia ratifies ILO Convention No. 182
25 March 2014
Somalia ratification of the ILO Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour has now been formally registered. This brings the total number of ratification of Convention No. 182 to 179, out of 185 ILO Member States.
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Child Labour
Syrian Child Labour in Jordan
25 March 2014
The ILO response plan to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan has identified child labour as a priority. It is estimated there are currently over 580,000 registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan. While around 160,000 refugees live in designated camps, the remaining refugee population has found shelter in host communities in rural and urban areas across Jordan. Many Syrian children are at risk of falling into the trap of child labour - particularly its worst forms. Already, the Jordanian Government says that child labour has doubled nationwide - to 60,000 - since the refugee influx began in 2011.
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Labour Standards
Somalia ratifies three fundamental ILO Conventions
20 March 2014
Somalia ratifies the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
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Country survey
One in ten Vietnamese youngsters aged 5-17 in child labour
14 March 2014
The first national data show that 1.75 million Vietnamese children are child workers. The rate of child labour in Viet Nam is lower than the world's average and very close to the regional figure.
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Public private partnership
Event at ILO highlights business initiatives to tackle child labour
12 March 2014
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CNN's "Quest Means Business"
Ending child labour: "We know what works"
27 February 2014
Ending child labour in the cocoa industry takes work on the industry, government and community levels and the ILO knows what works, according to ILO Director General Guy Ryder. Appearing on a special edition of CNN's "Quest Means Business", Ryder joined in a vigorous panel debate about CNN's "Cocoanomics" documentary. In it, Richard Quest visits the Cote d'Ivoire to see what progress had been made in fighting child labour in the cocoa industry.