Today marks the victory of the millions of children and activists who marched across 103 countries and 80,000 kms as part of the Global March against Child Labour. In 1998, as thousands of survivors and young people joined me to the lead the largest every mobilisation against child labour in
Every ILO Member Country Commits to Ending the Worst Forms of Child Labour
On 04 August 2020, in a historic move, Tonga, an archipelago of more than 170 islands in the South Pacific, ratified the International Labour Organisation’s Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Tonga’s ratification makes
Dear members, partners, friends and supporters,
Hope you are doing well and staying safe in these uncertain times of COVID-19, which has put forth a great challenge in front of us.
Before COVID-19, 152 million children were estimated to be in child labour globally. With the pandemic reaching most countries
On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour, a national webinar on “National Symposium of Youth Leaders on Combating Child Labour” was organised on 12th-13th June 2020 in Kathmandu. The webinar adopted a Youth Deceleration to End Child Labour that demanded elimination of child labour through the combined
The National Child Protection Authority of Sri Lanka (NCPA) recently reported of a dramatic rise in child cruelty cases reported to the 1929 child helpline since the start of Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 curfew.
To address the issue of violence against children, Global March member, CCH Sri Lanka responded to the
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF)’s local partner, Manob Unnayan Kendra (MUK), facilitated a community group formation at Amjhupi union of Meherpur district on 24 June 2020, to reach out to community leaders, local authorities and community members for raising awareness on child labour, child marriage, child trafficking and other child
Across the world, millions of children do extremely hazardous work in harmful conditions that prevents them from getting an education and is harmful to their physical, mental, or social development.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a set of 17 goals and 169 targets agreed by the world leaders and designed to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030.
It is unfortunate that child labour is found in agriculture, to mining, from manufacturing to tourism- producing goods and services consumed by millions every day and the goods they produce are an integral part of the reality of global supply chains.
Education is a fundamental human right that no person can be denied, irrespective of their class, gender, race, economic and social conditions, disability, culture and beyond.
With 152 million child labourers and 40 million people in modern slavery, it has become imperative that the efforts are accelerated to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7.
Asia-Pacific region records the second highest prevalence of child labour in the world, with estimated 62 million children aged 5-14 years said to be working for their survival.
Africa has the largest number of child labourers; 72.1 million African children are estimated to be in child labour and 31.5 million in hazardous work.
Latin America region records the third highest prevalence of child labour in the world, with estimated 17.5 million children aged 5-14 years said to be working for their survival of which 11 million are in child labour
Child labour denies girls and boys their rights and often child labour may be involved in many supply chains such as in agriculture and fishing, manufacturing and mining, services..
Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA) program is a 5-years program (2016-2020) of Plan Nederland, Terre des Hommes Nederland and Defence for Children-ECPAT Nederland...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has been at the forefront of the global movement to end child slavery and exploitative child labour since 1980. Child labour is a human rights issue that has staggering effects on poverty, illiteracy and humanity. Mr. Satyarthi and the grassroots movement founded by him, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement), have liberated more than 85,000+ children from exploitation and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation.
As a worldwide campaigner, he has been the architect of the single largest civil society network for the most exploited children, the Global March Against Child Labour, which is a worldwide coalition of NGOs, Teachers’ Unions and Trade Unions active in 103 countries. Mr. Satyarthi’s efforts led to the adoption of ILO Convention 182 on worst forms of child labour in 1999.
