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This World Day Against Child Labour, June 12, 2024, we are calling for: The effective implementation of the ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour;
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Each year on 12 June, the World Day brings together...
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The World Day Against Child Labour is an International Labour Organization (ILO)-sanctioned holiday first launched in 2002 aiming to raise awareness and activism to prevent child labour. It was spurred by ratifications of ILO Convention No. 138 on the minimum age for employment and ILO Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour.
Each year on 12 June, the World Day brings together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil society, as well as millions of people from around the world to highlight the...
Jun 12, 2023 · The ILO is organizing a high-level side event during the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference on 12 June to mark World Day Against Child Labour. The event aims to explore the...
Apr 20, 2024 · This World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2023, we are calling for: Reinvigorated international action to achieve social justice, particularly under the envisaged Global Coalition for Social Justice, with child labour elimination as one of its important elements;
Jun 12, 2024 · This year’s World Day will focus on celebrating the 25th anniversary of the adoption of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999), which, in 2020, was the first ILO Convention to be universally ratified.
Jun 3, 2022 · "Child labour violates the right of every child to be a child, and to grow up free from exploitation, abuse, and violence. "It also compromises children’s education and limits their future opportunities, deepening cycles of poverty.
