Across the globe, majority of the children are working in small-scaled, often family-owned farms, making small farmers an important actor and stakeholder to engage with in the fight against child labour working in the agricultural sector. However, small farmers are often missing in the various debates and platforms for eliminating […]
Rallying the global community to put Education First
18 October 2012: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, said Nelson Mandela. Each one of us reading this piece can undeniably vouch for the power of education in our own respective lives. Each one of us can say how having gone to […]
10th EFA GMR launched with a focus on putting education to work
16 October 2012: With one in eight young person across the world looking for work, the focus on young people, their education and skills and youth unemployment has gripped the world. In May this year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) called for an urgent investment in opportunities for young people […]
2012 World Day for Decent Work focuses on ‘scarred’ generation of unemployed youth
07 October 2012: Gains in employment rates for young people have been wiped out by the economic crisis. According to the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012, it may take 4-5 years before jobs rebound. In the meantime, many of the 75 million unemployed young people […]
International Day of Girl Child: Protecting, promoting, and fulfilling girls’ rights
11 October 2012: Who says girls are weaker section of the society? Girls and young women can not only be an immense source of strength and support for their families and friends, but can also contribute to bringing about positive changes in society. There is no better example of this than that […]
Take a stand for teachers – a stand for education
5th October 2012 – “Take a stand for teachers!” is the slogan of the World Teachers’ Day 2012, which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is celebrating along with its partners, the International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund and Education International. Teachers provide an […]
Civil society insights and inputs for a comprehensive child labour rehabilition and education policy
New Delhi, 21 September 2012The Roundtable discussion on Child Labour Free India was organised by Global March Against Child Labour in collaboration with its core partner Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) bringing together Mr A C Pandey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of […]
India moves to ban all forms of Child Labour
Cabinet approves the new Child & Adolescent Labour (Prohibition) Act on 28 August 2012 (accepts the demands of Global March Against Child Labour for a child labour free India) https://youtu.be/N1HNTN2uEQk Union Minister Mallikarjuna Kharge announced the revisions in the Child Labour Law agreeing to the demands at the National Consultation on […]
Government of India set to ban all forms of Child Labour
Government of India set to ban all forms of Child Labour Cabinet likely to approve the new Child & Adolescent Labour (Prohibition) Act today New Delhi, August 28th, 2012: In a significant move to curb the rampant spread of child labour across the country, the Government of India is set to ban the […]
Senator Harkin opens the Global March’s International Conference on Child Labour in Agriculture
The First International Conference on Child Labour in Agriculture was opened by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). Pathbreaking conference to tackle the urgent problem of child labour in agriculture. Organized by the Global March Against Child Labour, a worldwide movement of NGOs, trade unions including teachers trade unions. Senator Harkin said […]