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
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
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Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
