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. Alliance 8.7 is a global partnership for eradicating forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour around the world. The […]
Teachers Training Organised in Tanzania for Facilitating Child Rights Clubs
A teachers training was organised by ANPPCAN-Tanzania on child rights for facilitating child rights clubs. The training was done on 13th June, 2019 at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University. This training brought together 8 primary school teachers from 4 schools who were. The teachers were facilitated on awareness of child rights.
Action against emotional abuse and corporal punishments in Sri Lanka
Under the project of “Expanding the Child Rights Zone in Sri Lanka” funded by Global March, actors in the civil society organization and government were approached through the capacity development and advocacy initiatives to enable them as contributors to address the issues of emotions abuse and corporal punishment against children
National Consultation on Implementation of ILO C.182 Organised in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), with the support of Terre des hommes Netherlands (TdH-NL) and Global Against Child Labour organiSed a National Consultation titled “Implementation of ILO C182: Opportunities and Challenges” on 26 September 2019. The Consultation was attended by Mr. Md. Fazle Rabbi Miah, MP, Honorable Deputy Speaker of
State Parliamentary Forum Organised in Nepal
State Parliamentary Forum: Sudurpaschim Province Level Discussion with Parliamentarians
Swatantrata Abhiyan, Nepal in collaboration with Ministry of Social Development organised Sudurpaschim Province Level Discussion with Parliamentarians on Countering Human Trafficking and Child Labour on 6th July 2019 at Hotel Devotee, Dhangadhi, Kailali. The meeting was attended by 36 Parliamentarians and
OPINION: Children must not fall off the 2030 Development Agenda
by Kailash Satyarthi | @k_satyarthi | Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation
While in the last decades the world has made progress on many fronts, millions of children are still far from freedom, safety and education
Kailash Satyarthi is Nobel Peace Laureate.
I had kept a vacant chair in the front
Protecting children is the key to sustainability
By Kailash Satyarthi
On September 24-25, world leaders will attend a United Nations summit in New York to review progress toward the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This will be the first UN summit on the SDGs since the adoption of the 2030
Child Labour’s New Cheerleaders: Authoritarian Governments in Latin America
Opinion article by Timothy Ryan
At a rare forum in Costa Rica bringing together more than a dozen organizations from Central and South America at a critical moment in the struggle against child labour in the hemisphere, the message was clear: The surge in authoritarian governments across the region is
Strengthening CSOs’ engagement with the VNR process in Uganda
GMACL partner in Uganda, NOTU held a meeting with the National Planning Authority of Uganda, which is responsible for submitting the Voluntary National Review (VNR), to encourage the inclusion of reporting on SDG 8.7 and CSO participation. Further, NOTU set up two informal meetings with 10 CSOs, working on diverse
Parliamentarians Without Borders for Children’s Rights-Tanzania Chapter Meeting
ANPPCAN Tanzania convened the Tanzania Chapter meeting of Parliamentarians Without Borders for Children’s Rights in April 2019 where they presented a concept note to the MPs, finalised the PWB guidelines and initiated a dialogue on key issues of child labour and trafficking, out of school children, expanding budgets for children