More: Child Labour
The Effectiveness of the Declaration of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Combating Child Labor in Indonesia
Initiated by the United Nations regarding the importance of Human Rights in dealing with the protection of children's rights, then giving birth Declaration of...
‘We cannot rest’ until child labour is eliminated
Countries taking part in the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour this week in South Africa, are being urged to do...
Iraq launches activities to combat child labour as part of nation-wide campaign
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organization kicked off a series of activities that support a nation-wide campaign to...
Women and girls at high risk of being pushed into modern slavery
Women and children are at high risk of being pushed into contemporary forms of slavery, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday.  
In an alert to coincide with the International Day for the Abolition...
Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025
Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on...
Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades
The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four...
Systemic forced labour and child labour has come to an end in Uzbek cotton
The systematic and systemic use of child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry has come to an end, although some local vestiges...
Child labour ‘robs children of their future’, scourge must end
Although child labour has decreased significantly over the last decade, one-in-ten children are still caught up in harmful work, the UN’s labour agency said...
ILO Child Labour Convention achieves universal ratification
For the first time in the ILO’s history, an International Labour Convention has been ratified by all member States. Convention No. 182 on the...
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour
Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis , which could lead to the first rise in...