Global March Against Child Labour: From Exploitation to Education

Global March Against Child Labour - From Exploitation to Education

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Roadmap 2016 and the Garment-Manufacturing Sector

		Nearly 100 representatives from multinational garment corporations, social audit firms, garment manufacturers, trade unions, civil society, government agencies and the United Nations attended the International Consultation on Roadmap 2016 and the Garment-Manufacturing Sector organised by Global March Against Child Labour. The one-day consultation was held in New Delhi, India, on 11 May 2011 – the first anniversary of the acclamation of Roadmap 2016 at the Global Child Labour Conference in The Hague, Netherlands, 10-11 May 2010. Read More>>




1 May Day 2011: Winds of change for social justice and democracy

		On the occasion of this year’s International Labour Day on 1st May, Global March supports the theme of “Winds of change for social justice and democracy” by the Global Unions honouring the people of the Arab and North African countries who are rising up for dignity and freedom. May Day 2011 will be held in a context of economic and social crisis, which is increasing inequality and undermining social cohesion. Read More>>




Global Campaign for Education prepares for build up to 2015

		14 March 2011: The fourth General Assembly of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) was held in Paris, France, from 22 to 25 February 2011 at an important time in terms of significantly reduced funding and momentum to achieve the Education For All (EFA) goals and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 2 and growing challenges regarding education quality and the impact of civil conflict and natural disasters on education provision as highlighted by this year’s Global Monitoring Report. Read More>>




Renewed Call for Support of Global Petition on Child Labour and the Millennium Development Goals

		Supporters of the worldwide movement to end child labour will recall that Global March launched an online campaign to ensure the integration of child labour into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to coincide with the UN’s MDG Summit in New York in September 2010. The response was positive, but we need more, many more signatures to reinforce our demand that child labour is given greater attention and higher priority on the international development agenda. Read More>>

Global March urges follow-up to Roadmap 2016

04 November 2010: The Global March has written to the Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Mr Juan Somavia and the Director of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) Ms Constance Thomas urging them to set in motion follow-up to the “Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016” (Roadmap 2016) adopted at the Global Child Labour Conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, in May 2010.
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MDG Summit ends with renewed promises to achieve 2015 goals

		The UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) came to a close on 22nd September 2010 with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offering his congratulations to the participating Heads of State, saying: “This Summit has laid a solid foundation for the progress we need in our quest to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by the internationally agreed deadline of 2015 … this event has galvanized worldwide attention.” Read More>>




2010 Millennium Development Goal Summit

		With only five years to go until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Heads of State from around the world to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010. Officially entitled “High-Level Plenary Meeting of the UN General Assembly”, the event aims to accelerate progress towards achieving the MDGs. Read More>>




South Asia Regional Consultation on Child Labour in Agriculture & Allied Activities

		29 July 2010, New Delhi: Addressing the South Asia Regional Consultation on Child Labour on Agriculture and Allied Activities, Mr Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, India, announced that the government is developing a roadmap towards ratification of Convention No. 182 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Read More>>




Go for the Goal: End Child Labour

		2 June 2010, worldwide: “Children should not be working, instead they should have books in their hands,” says Amarlal, a 14-year-old former bonded child labourer from India. “I know this because I had to start working at a very young age in the stone quarries. Read More>>

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The Global March Against Child Labour is a movement to mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be harmful to the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.