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| Marginalization compromising Education for All progress |
19 January 2010: The position of the Global March has been further reinforced by the UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2010 which underlines that Education for All Goal cannot be accomplished without addressing the widespread marginalization including child labor. The report further states that ‘the marginalization is solely responsible for failing progress in Education for All’.
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| Social Activist Kailash Satyarthi bestowed with the world acclaimed “Defender of Democracy Award” |
20 October 2009, New Delhi: Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) will present the 2009 Defender of Democracy Award to Mr. Kailash Satyarthi from India who is the Chairperson of the Global March Against Child Labour and Founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan.
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| 10th Anniversary of ILO Convention 182, Worst Form OF Child Labour |
This Year 12th June have been historic in many ways. Not only was it the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the ILO Convention 182 but also President Barack Obama reaffirmed his Administration’s commitment $60 million to fight child labor and he also said that children working in hazardous industries is not acceptable and this world cannot allow it. We must stand united in the opposition of child labour.
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| Elimination of child labor pre condition to build healthy labor markets |
Statement from Global March Against Child Labor representing 2000 member organizations in 100 countries including ITUC and Education International representing the interest of the child laborers and the hardest to reach children worldwide.
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| World Leaders wake up, save the school going children from tsunami effect of financial meltdown, IMF commit to fair play with poor |
Statement from Global March Against Child Labor representing 2000 member organizations in 100 countries including ITUC and Education International representing the interest of the child laborers and the hardest to reach children worldwide.
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| 208 children see the light of freedom in one day |
| The Minister of Labour joins secret raids with BBA activists and former child labourers |
| 7th May 2008: In one of the largest rescue operations in the country, 208 child labourers were rescued from child/ bonded labour from more than 120 establishments. In an unprecedented move, the Labour Minister of Jharkhand , instead of passing the order from the table as usual, joined in the raids with BBA activists. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Sahi Created history as for the first time, a minister screened the restaurants, teashops and garages on the streets for 4 hours in the state capital Ranchi and rescued 185 child labourers.
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| GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR WORLD’S BIGGEST EVER LESSON |
7.5 million children, adults, teachers joined politicians in over 100 countries to learn about the importance of everyone having the chance for a quality education
More than 7.5 million children, adults, teachers and campaigners took part in the Global Campaign for Education’s “World’s Biggest Lesson”. The world record for the largest simultaneous lesson in history has been broken already – and the numbers are still coming in.
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| Bollywood Demands Quality Education For Child Laborers in Rising India |
23 April 2008, New Delhi: Hundreds of former child laborers and school children participated in the world's biggest lesson on education. Children themselves imparted a lesson to the noted Bollywood personalities Actress Mahima Chaudhry, Producer Tanuja Chandra, Jasbeer Jassi, the singer and Amit Shyal; Members of Parliament and social activists here today at the FICCI auditorium as part of the Global Action Week led by the President of Global Campaign for Education a worldwide movement demanding universal basic full time quality education for all.
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| Children For Peace and Peace For Children – Stand up for the Tibetan child victims |
New Delhi 11th April 2008 – For the First time 100s of children from India and Tibet joined hands on the street of the capital to demand protection for the rights of children in Tibet. Children from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh etc marched in the streets carrying the plank cards with the specific demands- "Peace for Children and Children for peace", "Ensure free and quality education for all children in Tibet", "Restore rights freedom dignity and education of Tibetan children".
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| Child Labour in Garment Industry - Uncovering the Truth |
01 November 2007, New Delhi: In yet another rescue operation on complaint filed and lead by the child rights NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan “BBA” (Save the Childhood Movement), 75 child labourers between the ages 7 and 15 years were rescued from the Khanpur area of South Delhi.
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| "Keep Your Promises" to the world’s children |
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It has been 7 years since the world leaders committed to the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the commitments for Education For All (Dakar Framework of Action), It has been 8 years since the ILO Convention 182 of the worst forms of child labour accepted by world.
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| Efforts by International Organizations to Eliminate the WorstForms of Child Labor |
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Thursday, April 19: 11 a.m. – noon
Room: 328A Russell Senate Office Building
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