World Child labour Prohibition Day 2021

World Child labour Prohibition Day is celebrated on 12 June each year to raise awareness and activism to prevent child labour.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

The theme of this year’s World Day Against Child Labour is: “Act now: end child labour.” This theme has been included because COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions towards poverty and child labour is directly linked to it.

World Day Against Child Labour was introduced in 2002 by the International Labour Organisation.

It was reported by UNICEF and International Labour Organization (ILO) this year that the number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million across the world. This is an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years.

This day mainly focus on the children development and it protects the right of education and dignified life for the children.

Therefore, it is important to achieve the Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 as propagated by the UN. Several organisations, ILO etc. are making efforts to curb the child labour.