“Around the world, some 246 million children between 5 and 17 years old are working instead of attending school.
"That's one out of every six children in the world today.
"Nearly three-quarters of these children are exposed to work that is hazardous for their health and safety.
"That equals one out of every eight children around the world.”
This is how the International Labor Organisation (ILO) announced that June 12 would be designated “World Day Against Child Labour”. The pupose was to focus global attention on the problem and to stimulate action to develop “a world where parents work and children go to school”.
On May 6, the ILO issued a study “A Future Without Child Labour”, which gave details and offered solutions.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/decl/intro
The (ILO) spearheaded the designation of an annual focus on Child Labor, in an attempt to draw attention to a worldwide growing problem.
"That's one out of every six children in the world today.
"Nearly three-quarters of these children are exposed to work that is hazardous for their health and safety.
"That equals one out of every eight children around the world.”
This is how the International Labor Organisation (ILO) announced that June 12 would be designated “World Day Against Child Labour”. The pupose was to focus global attention on the problem and to stimulate action to develop “a world where parents work and children go to school”.
On May 6, the ILO issued a study “A Future Without Child Labour”, which gave details and offered solutions.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/decl/intro
The (ILO) spearheaded the designation of an annual focus on Child Labor, in an attempt to draw attention to a worldwide growing problem.