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
Kailash Satyarthi and Global March’s Demand ILO Convention 182 Universally Ratified
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
PWB Bangladesh Member, Israfil Alam, MP passes away
Dear PWB members,
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of a Member of Parliament from Bangladesh as well as our PWB member, Mr. Israfil Alam of Awami League party, on 28 July 2020, possibly due to COVID-19.
Mr. Alam (with whom you all had
Swatantrata Abhiyan Nepal Organises National Symposium of Youth Leaders on Combating Child Labour
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
CCH Sri Lanka Provides Emergency Support to Women & Children
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
BSAF in Bangladesh Constitutes a Community Based Intervention Group for Child Protection
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
The Pandemic in Peru: The Rights of Children and Adolescents in Crisis
By Isaac Ruiz Sánchez
In Peru, as in the rest of Latin America, three months of a pandemic have exposed great pre-existing inequalities, which have long prevented the exercise of human rights of the most vulnerable population. The pandemic has rendered millions of children and adolescents in a situation of
Webinar on Child Labour and COVID-19 in Latin America
Article Courtesy: OPCION
As part of the commemoration of the World Day against Child Labour, the Global March against Child Labour Latin America, a network of which Corporación Opción has been a member since 1998, held the Virtual Dialogue yesterday, 16 June “Child and Adolescent Labour: Covid-19 and Post-Pandemic in
HOMELESS CHILDREN, CHILD LABOUR AND THE ONSLAUGHT OF COVID-19
by Henrietta Namava Nakhulo
The recently conducted national census of 2019 showed that a total of 46,639 Kenyans are living on the streets across the country. The city of Nairobi has the highest number of street population at 15,337, followed by Mombasa (7529), Kisumu (2746), Uasin Gishu (2147) & Nakuru
COVID-19 AND CHILD LABOUR: A TIME OF CRISIS, A TIME TO ACT
The last two decades have seen significant strides in the fight against child labour. But the COVID-19 pandemic poses very real risks of
backtracking.1 Positive trends may falter, and child labour may worsen, especially in places where it has remained resistant to change. These
risks require urgent action to prevent and mitigate