World Day Against Child Labour

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2023 Date	12 June 2023
2024 Date	12 June 2024

2023 Holidays & Dates

World Day Against Child Labour in 2023

Monday, 12 Jun

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World Day Against Child Labour History

World Day Against Child Labour was launched by the International Labour Organization in 2002. The global awareness day focuses on acknowledging the child labor issue and take the actions necessary to eliminate it. The International Labour Organization, together with the United Nations, plan to abolish all Child Labour activities by 2025. The World Day Against Child Labour happens every year on June 12th.

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Today is the World Day against Child Labour. Let us all work to eliminate this scourge, so that no child is deprived of his or her fundamental rights and forced or coerced to work. #EndChildLabour
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 12, 2022

As Mrs. Maryam Rajavi tweeted on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labor, “Iranian children have only experienced prison, violence, and poverty under the ruling theocracy. #EndChildLabour https://t.co/sVaKmq6l20
— ☆ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒶 𝒜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒾 ☆ (@AminiParisa) June 12, 2022

1/ Today, June 12, is the International Day for the Elimination of Child Labor A large number of Kurdish children and teenagers are forced to do Kolbaring at the borders of Kurdistan. https://t.co/YV3dkxeCBi
— Hengaw Organization for Human Rights (@Hengaw_English) June 12, 2022

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World Day Against Child Labour Facts

The theme for World Day Against Child Labour in 2021 was Act now to end child labour!
According to the UN, there are an estimated 152 million children in child labor around the world.
The region with the highest number of children in child labor is Africa with about 72 million. Asia and the Pacific rank 2nd highest with 62 million. The Americas have 11 million, Europe and Central Asia have 6 million, and the Arab States have 1 million.
According to the UN, 71% of child labor is used in agriculture, 17% is used in services, and 12% is used in the industrial sector.

World Day Against Child Labour Top Events and Things to Do

Learn how you can get involved and help end child labor.
Donate to reputable charities working to end child labor. Some examples include the Global March Against Child Labor and the Stop Child Labor Coalition.
Watch a video from the International Labour Organization. It advocates against child labor.