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UNICEF and ILO in Türkiye Call for Action on Commitments to End Child Labour in Times of Crisis
ANKARA, 12 JUNE 2024 -, On the occasion of June 12, World Day Against Child Labour,, UNICEF and International Labour Organization (ILO) in Türkiye are calling on all stakeholders to contribute to ending child labour., Marking the 25 th Anniversary of the Adoption of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Chi...
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Child labour
The challenge, Child Labour is a violation of child rights and a significant threat to the health, education, development and well-being of children. Official statistics show that at least 720,000 Turkish children are working (4.4 per cent of the child population aged 5 to 17 years). almost half (45.5 per cent ) o...
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Social Policy
The challenge, Children who grow up in poverty might lack adequate access to food, sanitation, shelter, protection, health services and the education they need to survive and thrive. When children grow up in poverty, they are more likely to be poor when they are older, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and disadvant...
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UNICEF and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security call for the incorporation of the rights of children and families in business
ANKARA, 23 November 2022 - Today, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and UNICEF held a conference on "Guidance and Inspection Strategies for Child Rights and Business Principles”. The event was attended by over 100 participants from government, private sector, civil society, academia, and international org...
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UNICEF Türkiye Appoints Hadise as a Child Rights Advocate
Multimedia materials available here . , ISTANBUL, 7 July 2022 –, UNICEF Türkiye has appointed, Hadise, , an internationally well-known singer, to be their newest, Child Rights Advocate, today. Hadise will support UNICEF Türkiye’s efforts to advocate to end child labour and violence against children in the coming y...
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Ending child labour - A national priority for Türkiye
ANKARA, 13 June 2022 –, Eliminating child labour is an urgent national priority for Türkiye - this was the key message of today’s panel discussions organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and UNICEF Türkiye on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour. Türkiye has made significant progress...
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Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 10 June 2021, – The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF. ...
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COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF
KATHMANDU, 12 June 2020, – Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF. According to COVID-19 and...
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"My House": A New Support System to Combat Child Labour in Turkey
Child labour, especially in its worst forms, harms the mental, social, physical and psychological development of children. Turkey has made tremendous progress on reducing the number of children engaged in labour since the early 1990s. However, an estimated 900,000 Turkish children remain engaged in child labour, o...
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Orlando Bloom meets children working in Bangladesh slums in powerful installment of photography series
Photos and trailer available for download , here, , DHAKA/NEW YORK,, 18 December 2018 , –UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom stars in an emotional episode of Tales by Light to highlight the plight of children living and working in slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh. To kick off the series’ third season – which ...
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training as a tool against child labour
Ankara, 12 June 2018, - On the World Day Against Child Labour, UNICEF and TESK released a video on the role of technical and vocational training in keeping children at risk of child labour in education.The video focuses on the fact that apprentices are not workers but students and underlines the protective and su...
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Children should be protected from child labour
, Ankara, 12 June 2017 - , On the World Day Against Child Labour, UNICEF released a short video to draw attention to the situation of children who are engaged in child labour in Turkey. The video focuses on a day in the life of Ibrahim, a 13 year old seasonal agricultural child worker from Sanliurfa. Turkey has m...