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A commitment to track down the sources and causes of child trafficking and child labour in Benin emerged from a teacher trade unionists seminar in Cotonou, Benin, from 9-11 May. EI organised the national trade union training and awareness-raising workshop under the theme, “The impact of quality public education for...

Common strategies to influence public policy to eradicate child labour must be articulated by education unions. This is essential for the promotion and defence of education as a fundamental right.

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) launched a handbook to prevent child labour in Ghana as part of the World Day Against Child Labour initiative. The book was launched on 29 June at the GNAT Hall in Accra, Ghana and featured speaker such as government officials and international union...

In 2011, the World Day against Child Labour focuses on children engaged in hazardous work. This year again, Education International (EI) joins the activities organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) around 12 June.

At this week’s International Labour Conference, members of the International Labour Organisation will be presented with recommendations to support the safety of domestic workers, including provisions to combat child domestic labour.

Twenty-eight students and four teachers from the public school Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmenen, Netherlands, have been invited by EI to learn more about trade union work on child labour worldwide and present a resolution to the European Commission.

The Global March Against Child Labour is celebrating today 13 years of mobilising worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, including the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation.

Prior to the UN Millennium Development Goal Summit, held in New York from 20-22 Sep, Global March is launching a campaign for the inclusion of child labour elimination as a priority to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Hundreds of millions of boys and girls across the world are engaged in work that deprives them of adequate education, health, leisure and basic freedoms, violating their fundamental rights.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is co-sponsoring a high level government and NGO policy dialogue at the State Department in Washington with global leaders.

A new EI publication called Go for the Goal: End Child Labour is being launched on 12 June to mark the World Day Against Child Labour.

Education International and its member organisations around the world are committed to eradicating child labour wherever it occurs.

“There are still too many places where child labour is a more or less socially accepted phenomenon. In Central Asia, where children are forced out of school and into the cotton fields. In South Asia and Africa, where children labour in factories and on the streets. And in households around...

Every year at this time, members of Education International (EI) join with other trade unions and concerned citizens around the globe to mark the World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June.

In a bid to decrease school drop-out rates, the International Labour Organisation and the Indonesian teachers' union, the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), are organising a joint programme aimed at combating child labour.