Every 12 June, Education International and its member organisations worldwide celebrate the World Day against Child Labour (WDACL).
It is an occasion to highlight the global extent of child labour and raise awareness on the situation of millions of children, girls and boys, working across the globe.
For EI and its affiliated teacher unions, World Day against Child Labour is also a good time to reiterate that every child has the right to a free quality public education.
EI encourages teacher unions to also contribute with public activities in their country to end child labour and promote education opportunities for all children.
The ILO launched the first World Day in 2002 as a way to highlight the plight of working children and to serve as a catalyst for the growing worldwide movement against child labour.
Teacher unions have been pioneers in the movement to prevent and eliminate child labour. In the past years, many EI affiliates have carried out successful campaigns in their country. They consider the fight against child labour to be a core component of the right to education advocacy.
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No to Child Labour! Yes to Education!
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 EI, in cooperation with SNE and NEA. Archival footage courtesy of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
This documentary of 15 minutes talks about the life of Zara and child labour in Turkey. A production of EI, in cooperation with AOb and CNV-O, EI Dutch member organisations.