World Day Against Child Labour 2020

Equal Rights For Every Child

Even in modern days, children are being treated as labor. But every Child should privileged to educate and play. But they are forced to do work. So to deal with this situation Anti Child Labor Committee works for justice. They try to help children grow and provide opportunities to have education, and healthcare facilities and enjoy their CHILDHOOD.

Government employees, workers, organizations as well as millions of people globally are supporting the cause on 12th June. Therefore, World Day Against Child Labor is celebrate to raise awareness on why every child has a right to education, freedom, and enjoy childhood.

Creation of WDACL

In 1919 the International Labor Organization (ILO) was established to set up international labour standards on behalf of lasting peace. Hence, World Day Against Child Labor, an ILO-sanctioned holiday was launch in 2002 within the United Nations body with the regard to child safety.

The ILO defines Child Labor as “work that deprives children of their dignity ,and that is harmful to physical and mental development”. The goal of the world leaders with a target of 8.7 committed to “take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure to prohibit and eliminate any forms of child labor, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labor in all its forms.”

Organizations Leading The Cause

International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. (IPEC)
United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund. (UNICEF)
International Initiative to End Child Labour. (IIECL)

Significance of WDACL

Safety and well-being of children is the priority.
Raising awareness and take preventive measures.
Education for all children.
Work with committee to reduce child labour and eliminate exploitation of children.
Fight against odds to give rights to adequate health, leisure and basic freedom.

World Day Against Child Labour 2020 theme

Impact of crisis on child labour is the topic that WDACL 2020 will focus. Although COVID-19 already resulted in huge sufferings & losses with an impact on economy and labour market stock. 152 million children are still working as child labour, including 72 million which are in hazardous work. Those children are at greater risk and that makes their life miserable.

Our future belongs to the young generations. So, reducing child labour should be one of our prime objective. Also, children should have the basic right to have their life the way they want to have. Hence, it will provide us the opportunity to create a better world for children.