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
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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