The ILO’s most recent global estimate is that 115 million children are involved in hazardous work. This is work that by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm children’s health, safety or morals. Children working in many different industries and occupations can be exposed to such risks and the problem is global, affecting industrialised as well as developing countries.
work is among the worst forms of child labour which the international
community has targeted for elimination by 2016. The need for urgent
action in order to reach this target was both the theme of The Hague
Global Child Labour Conference in 2010 which adopted a Roadmap for the
elimination of the worst forms of child labour, and has been endorsed in
the ILO’s Global Action Plan.
The 2011 World Day Against Child Labour provides a global spotlight on hazardous child labour, and call for urgent action to tackle the problem. On this World Day we call for:
Created in 1992, IPEC has grown to become the biggest dedicated child labour programme in the world and the largest technical cooperation programme within the ILO. It is now operational in some 90 countries, benefiting millions of children worldwide.
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