WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
June 12, 2016
The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002. The day is observed every year on June 12 to prevent millions of children working around the world. The aim is to highlight the plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them.
Throughout the world, around 215 million children work. They do not go to school and have little or no time to play. Many do not receive proper nutrition or care. They are denied the chance to be children. More than half of them are exposed to the worst forms of child labour such as work in hazardous environments, slavery, or other forms of forced labour, illicit activities including drug trafficking and prostitution, as well as involvement in armed conflict.
Theme for 2016 is ‘End Child Labour in Supply Chains’
“Child labour has no place in well-functioning and well regulated markets, or in any supply chain. The message that we must act now to stop child labour once and for all has been affirmed by the Sustainable Development Goals. Acting together, it is within our means to make the future of work a future without child labour.”
–Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
(with en.wikipedia.org, ilo.org & un.org)
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