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160 million children in child labour

160 million children in child labour

14/06/2021

According to the new global estimates by ILO and UNICEF, at the start of 2020 , 160 million children or 9.6 % of children worldwide were in child labour. 89.3 million were children aged 5 to 11; 79 million were in hazardous work. 

Screening of The Milky Way + panel discussion

Screening of The Milky Way + panel discussion

23/03/2021

« On parle beaucoup de la Méditerranée, parce qu’il y a beaucoup de morts, ici il n’y en a pas assez de morts, mais un est trop” said Pierre-Yves Doré, an activist in Briançon, frontier commune in southeastern France.

Beyond “Elimination of Child Labour” discourse

Beyond “Elimination of Child Labour” discourse

05/02/2021

On the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, we should focus on the ‘harm’ to children at work and go beyond the mere ‘elimination of child labour’ discourse. In her thought-provoking piece Yuki Fujita says why.