Strategies to acclerate the elimination of the worst forms of child labour“We have 168 million reasons to be present at this conference in Brasilia” said Guy Ryder, Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO), while officially inaugurating the III Global Conference on Child Labour 2013 (III GCCL) on October 08, […]
Op-ed On October 11, The International Day of the Girl Child
Have you heard young Meena’s story? Meena, a 17 year old girl was made to work as a child domestic labourer in Delhi away from her hometown in rural India, until she was rescued earlier this year by an NGO. Meena was trafficked 3 years ago from Assam to Delhi […]
Global March to participate in the 3rd Global Conference on Child Labour
Global March Against Child Labour will participate in the III Global Conference on Child Labour which is to be held next week, from 8-10 October 2013 in Brasilia, Brazil. The objective of the III Conference is to take stock of all the actions taken till date in the fight against […]
Pese a la reducción del trabajo infantil, no se cumplirá con las metas del 2016
La Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT ) en su más reciente informe “Medir los procesos del Trabajo Infantil: estimaciones y Tendencias Mundiales entre 2000 y 2012, mide el progreso mundial en la reducción del trabajo infantil. Las nuevas estimaciones del informe indican que 168 millones de niños y niñas en […]
Reduction in child labour, still 2016 goals will not be met
The International Labour Organization (ILO) in the report Marking progress against child labour:Global estimates and trends 2008-2012 measured global progress on the reduction of child labour. The new estimates in the report indicate that 168 million children worldwide are in child labour, which is 11 per cent of the child […]
Human cost of economic crisis
Statement by UN Special Rapporteur on Slavery at the Human Rights and the Financial Crisis in Focus: an expert meeting on promoting a rights-based approach to financial regulation and economic recovery Vienna, 1 July 2013: I would like to that you for convening this important expert discussion. Listening to news […]
March for a free world from child labor
March for a free world from child labor Facebook users will be able to challenge child labor using a novel application Less than a month before the III Global Child Labour Conference is held in Brasilia, from 8th to 10th October; ILO, Telefónica Foundation and Global March Against Child Labour, […]
Children in India march to demand total abolition of child labour
On 29th August 2013, more than 300 children in New Delhi, India supported by adults marched to the Parliament demanding the passage of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, which would prohibit hazardous work for all children below 18 years. It will also ban any employment of children […]
Human and Labour Rights’ Violations in Garment Supply Chains of leading brands
19 August 2013: In the wake of the tragic Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013, there has been an increasing desire by Australian consumers to know more about how their clothes are produced and how the workers that make them are treated. Most apparel travels through various […]
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) airs its latest documentary on Mr. Kailash Satyarthi’s initiative to rescue child slaves in India
Watch Fighting to Unravel India’s Widespread Child Labor Abuses on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.