26-06-2021 | 15:41 PM
ILO- UNICEF Report on Child Labour
• For the first time, the International Labour Organization and UNICEF jointly published a report Child Labour: 2020 global estimates, trends, and the road forwards to end child labour.
• As per the report, there has been a 38 per cent decrease in child labour in the last decade, however, 152 million children are still trapped in child labour. World has marked rise in child labour in two decades.
• Report highlights coronavirus crisis might push millions more youngsters toward child labour.
• Number of children, between ages 5 and 17 doing hazardous work, has increased. About 79 million children were considered to be engaged in hazardous work. This could affect a child's development, education or health.
NOTE: World Day Against Child Labour was launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2002 on 12 June with an aim to raise awareness and end child labour on a global scale.
