News

2013

  1. New report

    ILO says global number of child labourers down by a third since 2000

    23 September 2013

    A new ILO report shows that the fight against child labour is on the right track, but the goal of eliminating its worst forms by 2016 will not be met at the current pace.

  2. BBC World Business Report

    Child labour numbers down but not quickly enough, ILO Director-General says

    23 September 2013

    Child labour numbers are down by a third since 2000, however 168 million child labourers remain worldwide, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder told the BBC. Progress has been made in particular over the last four years, using an integrated approach that combines better legislation, increased access to education and social protection. The decline in numbers is also a reflection of changing attitudes and international campaigning efforts, Guy Ryder said.

  3. CNN "Quest Means Business"

    One third of the way towards getting rid of child labour, says ILO's Guy Ryder

    23 September 2013

    From 246 million in the year 2000 to 168 million child labourers today, we're getting it right, but the decline is not quick enough, says the ILO Director-General. CNN presenter Richard Quest asks Guy Ryder what to look for regarding child labour when he visits cocoa plantations in the Côte d'Ivoire. It's about an integrated approach, says Guy Ryder. Direct interventions to get children out of work is one part of the story. Also important is whether communities and authorities are getting children to school, and whether basic welfare provisions are building up. There's a wider picture, says Ryder.

  4. BBC World News

    Global decline in child labour still too slow, says ILO

    23 September 2013

    We still have 168 million children in child labour and 85 million are in hazardous work, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. The greatest numbers are in Asia, although this is where the most progress is being made, she says. But the greatest percentage of children in child labour is in Sub-Saharan Africa where 1 in 5 children are child labourers.

  5. News

    UN Global Compact Leaders learn more about the ILO-Global Compact Child Labour Platform

    23 September 2013

    On September 19, 2013, a special event took place during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York offered to companies and other stakeholders the opportunity to learn more about the Child Labour Platform (CLP).

  6. Event

    Tackling child labour in global value chains

    19 September 2013

    A special event during the UN Global Compact Leaders’s Summit brings together companies, the ILO and employers’ and trade union representatives to discuss tools and mechanisms to tackle child labour in value chains.

  7. Press release

    ILO to present the latest global estimates on child labour

    13 September 2013

  8. Video

    Tim Roth: Hold up your red card to child labour!

    28 August 2013

    Actor and film director Tim Roth spearheads ILO campaign to show the red card to child labour, to raise awareness of the approximately 200 million girls and boys in child labour around the world.

  9. Guide

    New ILO tool steps up fight against child labour

    26 August 2013

    The ILO presents a training guide to help its constituents tackle the worst forms of child labour.

  10. Towards a child labour-free Jordan

    Leaving a life of child labour behind

    14 August 2013

    How a Jordanian teenager quit working as a car mechanic and returned to full-time education.