AFTER a decade of one of the largest social reform movements ever seen, the end of child labor is now within grasp.
Spearheaded by the International Labor Organization (ILO), there is an encouraging reduction in child labor, especially its worst forms.
If the current trends continue, the ILO says, child labor in its worst forms may be eliminated within the next decade.
In 2006, the number of child laborers worldwide fell to 28 million, fewer than in 2002.
The sharpest decline is in hazardous work by children between the ages of 5 and 14.
The ILO’s International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), started in 1992, is operational in 86 countries with an annual expenditure of over $70 million.
It is the largest program of its kind anywhere in the world and the biggest single operation program of the ILO.
Through local authorities, IPEC reaches children in the underground economy and small and medium businesses that provide the bulk of employment.
It promotes getting children out of work and into school.
Around 5 million children have benefited from IPEC.
The ILO estimates the cost of eliminating child labor at $760 billion over a 20-year period. The benefit in terms of better education and health: over US$4 trillion, or a net benefit of nearly 6 to 1.– Source ILO
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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