ILO magazine highlights need to accelerate progress on child labour

The August 2010 edition of the World of Work, the regular magazine of the International Labour Organization (ILO), focuses on the fight against child labour and reviews the main findings of the 2010 ILO Global Report on Child Labour “Accelerating action against child labour” as well as the key outcomes of the Global Conference on Child Labour held in The Hague in May 2010.
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ILO’s Social Protection Floor Advisory Group holds first meeting

August 17, 2010: Former Chilean President Ms Michelle Bachelet presided over the first meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group in Geneva, 11-12 August 2010, convened by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia.
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Global March welcomes appointment of Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education

August 17, 2010: Global March welcomed the news from UNESCO of the appointment of Dr Kishore Singh as the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, a prestigious position in the UN system. The mandate entrusted to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education gives prominence to Education For All (EFA) as well as to Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2 and 3 relating to the right to education and gender equity.
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Historic victory for education in US

August 12, 2010: Global March was delighted to learn of a major victory for members of the US Child Labour Coalition, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), in terms of protecting education access and quality for American children.
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