Campaigns to stop Child Labour - Links and further info
Environmental Justice Foundation
www.ejfoundation.org
EJF campaigns internationally on the issues our grassroots partners work locally to solve including cotton production, pirate fishing, shrimp farming, pesticides and wildlife.
Watch their video White Gold on Cotton Growing in Uzbekistan International Labor Organization.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) is an agency of the United Nations (UN) that works to address worker issues on a global scale.
Established in 1919, the ILO has established a total of 188 conventions which address issues such as wages, safety, forced labor and child labor around the world.
In addition to setting international labor standards, the ILO also empowers workers through a variety of projects, from training to campaigns and research.
ILO's Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, which establish a minimum working age and outlaw the most damaging forms of child labor
More information on the International Labor Organization
International Labor Organization & Child and Forced Labor
ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide.
An estimated 211 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working around the world according to the International Labor Organization.
Of these, 120 million children are working full time to help support their impoverished families. Although child labor is most common in the Global South, it is found throughout the world, including the US. Child laborers are often exposed to conditions extremely harmful to their physical and mental well-being.
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What to do
www.ejfoundation.org
EJF campaigns internationally on the issues our grassroots partners work locally to solve including cotton production, pirate fishing, shrimp farming, pesticides and wildlife.
Watch their video White Gold on Cotton Growing in Uzbekistan International Labor Organization.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) is an agency of the United Nations (UN) that works to address worker issues on a global scale.
Established in 1919, the ILO has established a total of 188 conventions which address issues such as wages, safety, forced labor and child labor around the world.
In addition to setting international labor standards, the ILO also empowers workers through a variety of projects, from training to campaigns and research.
ILO's Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, which establish a minimum working age and outlaw the most damaging forms of child labor
- Convention 105 - Abolition of Forced Labor Convention, outlaws all forms of compulsory labor as a means of discipline, suppression, or economic gain
- Convention 138 - Minimum Age Convention, requires that governments establish a minimum age for admission to employment which is consistent with the fullest physical and mental development of young persons
- Convention 182 - Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, outlaws the sale and trafficking of children, forced labor, and the use of children in armed conflict
More information on the International Labor Organization
International Labor Organization & Child and Forced Labor
ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide.
An estimated 211 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working around the world according to the International Labor Organization.
Of these, 120 million children are working full time to help support their impoverished families. Although child labor is most common in the Global South, it is found throughout the world, including the US. Child laborers are often exposed to conditions extremely harmful to their physical and mental well-being.
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What to do
- Be informed
- Ask questions
- Write letters
- Support Fairtrade
