Accelerating Action Against Child Labor

The Africa Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center, the American Federation of Teachers, No Limits, the International Labor Rights Forum and the International Labor Organization present:

"Accelerating Action Against Child Labor"
A Roundtable Policy Dialogue on: The International Labor Organization's 2010 Global Report on Child Labor

With:
Frank Hagemann, Chief of Policy and Research, ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC)

Respondents:

• Marcia Eugenio, Director of the Office of Child Labor and Trafficking, DOL/ILAB
• Ed Potter, Director of Global Workplace Rights, Coca Cola
• Ana Avendano, Special Assistant to the President Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO

and discussants:
TBD

This conference will take place on:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 9:30am to 11:30am
4th floor Conference Room of the Woodrow Wilson Center
Ronald Reagan Building.  One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC

* Please contact Tim Newman at tim.newman[at]ilrf.org for more information.  Video of the event will be available online here [1].*
 
According to the quadrennial Global Report on child labor, Accelerating Action against Child Labor, the number of child laborers internationally decreased from 222 million to 215 million between 2004 and 2008, representing a "slowing down of the global pace of reduction" in child labor.

The updated picture presented in this report is one of "uneven" progress toward the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 2016. A staggering 115 million are still exposed to hazardous work and the worst forms of child labor.

The Global Report breaks down data by age and gender as well as by geographical location and shows varied progress in all of these areas. The roadmap for tackling the problem of child labor lies in the political will to implement policies to protect children and families.

Please join us as we bring together members of government, labor representatives, business community members and several other key stakeholders for this important policy discussion.

The 2010 Global Report is available online at the following link:
www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_126752.pdf [2]