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There are 14 million young people in Latin America are unemployed or working but living in poverty. Helping teens prepare to enter the work force and make a living is an important tool to help turn child labour into decent work for youth.
At the largest UN event on Business and Human Rights, speakers from around the world provide a sobering reality check on situations on the ground and propose solutions. The event included the Forum’s first-ever speaker under 18 years-old.
With over 152 million children doing work in violation of some of their most fundamental rights, ECLT’s work focuses on 3 key areas of human rights to tackle some of the key drivers of child labour
The world has an estimated 2.2 billion children. Each of them have the right to grow up safely, attend school, and reach their full potential. World Children's Day marks the anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which spells out these rights. It is the most widely accepted of any international convention.
The upcoming UN Forum on Business and Human Rights brings together over 2,000 participants to discuss challenges and solutions for how business can fully ensure that human rights are respected in all of their activities.
ECLT welcomes the ILO Governing Body’s decision regarding collaboration to address decent work deficits and child labour in tobacco growing, which firmly keeps children and families at the forefront of this complex matter.
Teachers now enjoy improved working conditions in Mankhamba, Malawi, with a new, secure staff room to store books and have meetings, made possible through ECLT's CLEAR II Project. This supports the village to recruit more teachers to the primary school, which serves over 350 children.
In October 2018, the first meeting of the ‘Partnership in Action Against Child Labour in Agriculture’ (PAACLA), was held, bringing together relevant national and local stakeholders against child labour. The meeting was hosted by the Indonesian State Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) and supported by ECLT and partners.
The new USDOL report outlines effective, collaborative approaches which have contributed to the removal of 94 million children from labour in the last two decades. Global estimates and data enable us to understand the full scope of child labour, the ‘vulnerabilites’ for prevention and to evaluate which solutions provide the most impact.
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