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The World Day against Child Labor is an event which is celebrated on the 12th of June every year. It is a holiday sanctioned by the International Labor Organization (ILO), first launched in 2002. The day is celebrated to raise awareness and activism to prevent child labor and to foster the worldwide movement against child labor in any of its forms. It was spurred by ratifications of ILO Convention No. 138 on the minimum age for employment and ILO Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labor.
Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organization.
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The day was recognized by ILO in order to bring attention and join efforts to fight against child labor. This day brings together governments, local authorities, and civil society and international, workers and employers organizations to point out the child labor problem and define the guidelines to help child laborers.
The theme for the 2016 was “End child labor in supply chains – It’s everyone’s business!” to focus on child labor and supply chains. With 168 million children still in child labor, all supply chains, from agriculture to manufacturing, services to construction, run the risk that child labor may be present. To support businesses in their actions to remove child labor from their supply chains, the ILO and the International Organization of Employers (IOE) have jointly created the Child Labor Guidance Tool, a resource for companies to increase their knowledge and ability to conduct business in line with international labor standards on child labor.