World Day Against Child Labor
12 June 2008
PROGRAM
 |
Click picture for Slide Show |
Main Theme:
Education - The right response to child labor
Place:
World Bank, Info Shop, J Building, Washington DC
Time: 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Sponsored by:
The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Centre on Child Labour and Education (ICCLE) and the Fast Track Initiative on Education for All (EFA-FTI)
Introduction of the Day’s event and panels - Sudhanshu Joshi - ICCLE
Film excerpt: Len Morris, Galen Films (a 3 min introduction and a 7 min excerpt of the film “Rescuing Emmanuel” - We are going to meet Emmanuel, a 13 year old street boy from Nairobi, Kenya. We will also introduce children around the world that live on the streets and can only dream of going to school. Emmanuel's story is representative of the nearly 100 million children that live on the streets.
Panel 1: Education for All: Progress, gaps, challenges
Moderator: Robert Prouty, The Education For All Fast-Track Initiative
- Mr. Nicholas Burnett, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
- Mr. Cream Wright, Head for Education, UNICEF
- Mr. Dhanendra Kumar, Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka, World Bank
- Mr. Rogério Studart, Executive Director for Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, World Bank
- Mr. Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
- Mr. Reg Weaver, Representative of the National Education Association and Education International
Screening of Education International Video for Union Educators project entitled ‘No to Child Labor – Yes to Education’. It features union members battling child labor. The video is part of the 2008 World Day Against Child Labor events in Brussels at EI and worldwide over the internet.
Panel 2: Policy integration: Linking education with other child labor eradication factors
Moderator: Armand F. Pereira, Director, ILO
- Mr. Tim Ryan, Asia Europe Regional Office Director, Solidarity Center
- Ms. Linda Golodner, Patron, Child Labor Coalition, USA
- Ms. Marcia Eugenio, Director, Office for Child Labor, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Labor
- Ms. Aud Kolberg, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Norway
- Mr. Mark P. Lagon, Ambassador at Large, Trafficking in Persons Office, U.S. State Department
- Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, Chair, Global March (via Video Conference)
General debate: 30 min
|
