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Child Labour
:: Introduction ::
EI has a comprehensive programme against child labour which is designed to encourage the active participation of all affiliates and to produce measurable results. In this area, EI co-operates closely with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), national trade unions, union centres and various non-governmental organisations such as the Global March Against Child Labour.
World Day Against Child Labour 2009
To mark World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2009, EI and the ILO collaborated on this new publication on the multiple disadvantages faced by more than 100 million girls in child labour. It also contains two lesson aids for classroom use and links to international law and conventions on child labour.
EI-ILO Brochure on World Day Against Child Labour 2009, "Give girls a chance: End child labour"
Video: No to Child Labour! Yes to Education!
Teachers around the world are determined to help tackle the problem of child labour. This short documentary shines the spotlight on successful strategies by the Moroccan National Teachers' Union (SNE) to prevent child labour by reducing school drop-out rates.
A production of Education International, in cooperation with the SNE and the National Education Association (NEA). Archival footage courtesy of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
