WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR (ബാലവേലയ്‌ക്കെതിരെ യുള്ള ദിനം-- ജൂൺ 12

 

WORLD  DAY  AGAINST CHILD  LABOUR (ബാലവേലയ്‌ക്കെതിരെ യുള്ള  ദിനം-- ജൂൺ 12

Every year on 12 June, the World Day Against Child Labour brings together governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, businesses, civil society, communities and individuals to strengthen action to end child labour. The 2026 World Day comes at a decisive moment, following the Sixth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Marrakech, which reaffirmed the need to accelerate progress and turn commitments into concrete results. Under the slogan “Red card to child labour: Fair play for children, decent work for adults”, the campaign calls for stronger action on quality education, social protection, decent work, stronger laws and enforcement, and other measures that address the root causes of child labour. Despite progress, 138 million children remain in child labour worldwide, including nearly 54 million in hazardous work. On this World Day Against Child Labour, raise the Red card to child labour and help turn the Marrakech commitments into real change for children, families and communities everywhere.Since 2000, child labour has almost halved, from 246 million to 138 million, yet current rates remain too slow, and the world has fallen short of reaching the 2025 global elimination target. To end it within the next five years, current rates of progress would need to be 11 times faster.Sub-Saharan Africa continues to carry the heaviest burden, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all children in child labour – around 87 million. While prevalence fell from 24 to 22 per cent, the total number has remained stagnant against the backdrop of population growth, ongoing and emerging conflicts, extreme poverty, and stretched social protection systems.

Asia and the Pacific achieved the most significant reduction in prevalence since 2020, with the child labour rate dropping from 6 per cent to 3 per cent (from 49 million to 28 million children). Although the prevalence of children in child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean stayed the same over the past four years, the total number of children affected dropped from 8 million to about 7 million, the report notes.

എല്ലാ വർഷവും ജൂൺ 12-നാണ് ആചരിക്കുന്നത്. ബാലവേലയ്‌ക്കെതിരെ അവബോധം വളർത്താനും കുട്ടികൾക്ക് സുരക്ഷിതമായ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം ഉറപ്പാക്കാനുമാണ് ഈ ദിനം ആചരിക്കുന്നത്.ഈ വർഷത്തെ (2026) പ്രധാന മുദ്രാവാക്യം: "റെഡ് കാർഡ് ടു ചൈൽഡ് ലേബർ: കുട്ടികൾക്ക് നീതി, മുതിർന്നവർക്ക് മാന്യമായ തൊഴിൽ" (Red card to child labour: Fair play for children, decent work for adults).

 

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