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13 Nov 2017

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International Labour Organisation

ILO proposes policies to end child labour by 2025

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The ILO has called for stepped-up efforts to “consign child labour to the dustbin of history,” in a report released to coincide with the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour , held in Buenos Aires from 14 to 16 November. “We are moving in the right direction, but we have to do so at a much faster rate,” the ILO said in its report Ending child labour by 2025: A review of policies and programmes The report lists four key policy ‘pillars’ in the fight against child labour: Boosting legal protections, improving the governance of labour markets and family enterprises,  strengthening social protection and investing in free, quality education.

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