PRESS RELEASE: “Punishing Children through Exploitation and Poverty”. Global Civil Society and Trade Unions Demand Urgent Action for a Child Labour Free Future as the 2025 SDG 8.7 Deadline Approaches Unfulfilled. By: Global March Against Child Labour Brussels, 20th March 2025 Brussels, 20-03-2025 Global civil society and trade union leaders, […]
Beyond 2025: A Strategic Roadmap for Eradicating Child Labour
As the world falls short of SDG 8.7’s 2025 target, the fight against child labour demands renewed urgency, bold commitments, and systemic change. This document presents the outcomes of a high-level strategy meeting convened by the Global March Against Child Labour, bringing civil society, trade unions, and key allies together […]
Combatting child labour crisis through Child Labour Free Zones in Ghana
Acknowledging a community leader Andrews Addoquaye Tagoe was awarded the 2023 National May Day Award for his remarkable efforts in combatting child labour and forced labour in Africa. Affectionately known as Andy among his close circle, this recognition acknowledges his tireless contribution to children’s rights including his involvement in rescuing […]
Mobilising CSOs in Uganda: A Successful Strategy Against Child Labour
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Uganda are making significant strides in the fight against child labour, these CSOs operate under the umbrella structure of the Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN). Leveraging the existing network, the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) and […]
From Beans to Cup: How coffee companies in Uganda’s Mt. Elgon are doing everything right to address child labour
Uganda’s Mt. Elgon region is known for Arabica coffee production with a quality and taste that is amongst many other things, unusual. It also has community driven coffee cooperatives and companies with ethics and spirit of giving back to the community. The Mt. Elgon coffee and honey cooperative and Kikobero […]
Western Consumers, South Asian Workers – A Conflict Forgotten by Whom?
Timothy Ryan Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2022, pp. 23-30 (Article) Published by Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/gia.2022.0005 Read More
The Salt Solution: Ensuring sustainable income and preventing child labour in rural-coastal Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s rural coastal areas are home to some of the worst impacts of climate change contributing to migration, displacement, decreasing employment opportunities, increasing poverty and child labour. The frequent intensifying storms and floods not only destroy homes and livelihoods, but also contribute to higher water and soil salinity, leaving millions […]
Treating Child Labour through Food Security: A Cross Country Comparison
By Palak Gupta, for Global March Against Child Labour The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide, with 9 million additional children at risk due to the impact of COVID-19, as stated by UNICEF-ILO. One of the most prominent factors contributing to this menace is […]
Peru: Towards a new public policy on child labour
In the last session of the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour (CPETI, in Spanish), a quadripartite body – which includes civil society organisations, as well as governmental representatives, employers and workers, the reviewing process of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Eradication of […]
Opposing the PEC 18/2011: Statement by our network in South America
The Global March Against Child Labour (Global March) in the South American subregion, represented by organisations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador and Peru, supports the position of Global March’s Brazilian member, National Forum for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour (FNPETI, in portuguese) regarding the processing of […]