What is World Day Against Child Labour 2020 theme? Know history & significance

World Day Against Child Labour 2020 will concentrate on effect of Coronavirus crisis on children working as labours. Amid COVID-19 pandemic,  resulting ecomic and labour market woes are hugely affecting individuals' lives and employment. In modern , re is a developing worry about number of children, who inste of being in schools or at play, are being compelled to work. Rar than toys to play with, y have been given a hammer and chisel to make a living. So on June 12, which is to be observed as World Day Against Child Labour, we investigate history and significance of day.

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number of children in world over being me to do paid and unpaid work of various s is very alarming. Children of 5-years of  are being forced to work that is viewed as destructive to ir wellbeing and vancement. se young workers are eir too young to be in any way working or are engd with exercises that are unsafe to ir physical, mental, social or educational life. This situation demands a battle against child labour/work.

History of World Day Against Child Labour

A significant number of children in group 5 to 17 are occupied with child labour/work that denies m of equate education, proper health care, leisure time or just basic freedom or simply essential opportunity. In 2002, United Nations body and  International Labor Organization (ILO decided to mark World Day Against Child Labour for this very reason.

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Significance of World Day Against Child Labour

World Day Against Child Labour was introduced to set focus on issue of child labour and to discover approaches to annihilate it or battle against it. As children are being driven into constrained work, illegal exercises, for example, illicit activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution, day unites individuals from varying backgrounds to bring issues to light about concerns of child labour and to charter out rules to support m.

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me of World Day Against Child Labour 2020

me for World Day Against Child Labour 2020

"COVID-19 - Protect children from child labour w, more than ever"

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“Children should t work in fields, but on dreams”

me for World Day Against Child Labour 2018-

'Generation Safe & Healthy'

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