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
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
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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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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