Updates From Our Partners

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

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

On June 25-26, Global March Against Child Labour Regional Forum on Achieving SDG 8.7 was organised in Costa Rica with the aim to understand the situation of child labour and adolescents in work in the region and to decide on a joint way forward to address the issue. The workshop

Global March’s implementing partner in Sri Lanka, Centre for Children’s Happiness (CCH Sri Lanka) convened the Network Forum or the Parliamentarians Without Borders- Sri Lanka Chapter that brought together diverse political leaders and parliamentarians, to disseminate knowledge and information about Sri Lanka’s child rights situation. The forum, held on 11th

Global March Against Child Labour’s (Global March) implementing partner in Nepal, Swatantrata Abhiyan (SAN), is working towards mobilizing the youth to vigorously participate in advocating the eradication of child labour, forced labour and human trafficking. On 13th May 2019, SAN organised a ‘Youth campaign to end Child Labour, Forced Labour

On 15 May 2019, Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights of Bangladesh was constituted and a kick off meeting was organised at IPD Conference Hall at Sher- E- Bangla, Dhaka. Prior to the kick -off meeting, a small meeting was held at Deputy Speaker’s office where in the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson

In Indonesia, Global March partner, JARAK convened five provincial level dialogues, covering around 100 stakeholders and highlighting pertinent issues across different provinces, such as child domestic labour, child labour in fisheries and plantations, child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children. Some of the key recommendations collated during these dialogues

In Nepal, Global March implementing partner, Swatantrata Abhiyan (SAN) trained 15 youth champions on understanding and promoting SDGs for child protection and ending child labour. These youth champions further sensitised 405 Social Work graduate students from 9 Colleges in Kathmandu valley, as a part of their orientation program.  The youth

Global March’s partner in Uganda, National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) organised a National Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on ILO convention 138 (minimum age to employment) took place on 11th and 12th December at Eureka Place Hotel in Kampla which was attended by participants from civil society, trade unions, workers’ organizations, employers’

Speakers: Child labour will create skilled labour crisis in 2030
Published at 08:54 pm November 12th, 2018

Speakers at a discussion titled ‘Elimination of Child Labour in Informal Sector: Challenges and Way Forward for Achieving SDG 8.7,’ organized by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) at the CIRDAP