World Day Against Child Labour 2025; June 12th.

FORUM: "Progress is clear, but there's more to do: let’s speed up efforts!" World Day Against Child Labour 2025. This year’s theme reflects both the progress achieved and the urgency to intensify action to meet global targets. The observance will focus on a key milestone: the release of the 2025 global estimates and trends of child labour. This ILO and UNICEF joint report will provide a comprehensive overview of where we stand in our global commitments to eliminate child labour. Although the detailed data are not yet available, the estimates and trends identified will guide policy debates and calls for renewed commitment and investment. On this World Day, we will call for full ratification of ILO Convention No. 138 on the Minimum Age and the implementation of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Their effective ratification and implementation remain essential to achieving the goals set by the Durban Call to Action, which urges us to aim for strengthened prevention, protection, and partnerships to eliminate child labour. Now is the time to make the elimination of child labour a reality. The ILO works closely with governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, civil society, and international partners to support policies and programmes that address the root causes of child labour—strengthening social protection, education systems, and decent work opportunities for adults and youth. The World Day against Child Labour is widely supported by these actors, along with UN agencies and individuals committed to building a world free of child labour. The ILO, together with its constituents and partners have called for:

Reinvigorated international action to achieve social justice, particularly under the envisaged Global Coalition for Social Justice, with child labour elimination as one of its important elements;


Universal ratification of ILO Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age, which, together with the universal ratification of ILO Convention No. 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour achieved in 2020, would provide all children with legal protection against all forms of child labour; and the


Effective implementation of the “Durban Call to Action” to ensure universal access to social protection and to help construct a path towards a world free of child labour, as called under SDG Target 8.7, and in SDG Target 1.3.

Why and where do children work?, How did child labor change over time?; Everyone has a role to play; Let’s speed up efforts to end child labour everywhere!

Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #WDACL, #SocialJustice, #WorldChildLabourDay; #12June, #EndChildLabour.

EVENTS: On Wednesday, June 11th from 13:30 until 14:45 (Europe/Zurich) a high-level side event will be organized by the ILO during the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference. Organized on the margins of the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference, this high-level event will mark the World Day Against Child Labour 2025 with the launch of the ILO-UNICEF joint report on the latest global estimates of child labour. The event brings together ILO constituents and partners to discuss the implications of the new global estimates and trends in child labour, and the steps needed to accelerate progress. This high-level event provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress made and the urgent need for stronger action to meet global goals. On this World Day against Child Labour, the ILO calls for the full ratification of ILO Convention No. 138 on the Minimum Age and the implementation of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Their effective ratification and implementation remain essential to achieving the goals set by the Durban Call to Action, which urges strengthened prevention, protection, and partnerships to eliminate child labour.Watch the high-level event!

On Thursday, June 12th from 13:30 until 14:45 (Europe/Zurich) to observe the World Day Against Child Labour 2025, The participants will discuss the fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and celebrate the 26 years since the adoption of ILO Convention No. 182. The conference will also provides an opportunity for tripartite constituents to discuss advances and challenges in relation to the elimination of child labour with the aim to improve implementation worldwide, as well as to promote universal ratification of ILO Convention No. 138.

ACTIVITIES: Now is the time to make the elimination of child labour a reality. Check out the activities to mark the World Day taking place in your country!; Interested in training;Take a look at upcoming events, which include courses for data users and data producers.

PUBLICATIONS: Child Labour and Education: New Perspectives and Approaches.

Suggested documents to read on EMPLOYMENT -World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024 and the World Employment and Social Outlook: May 2024 Update; On LABOUR UNDERUTILIZATION -The jobs gap: Measuring labour underutilisation beyond unemployment; On INFORMAL ECONOMY - Statistical Methodology Series 11 – Identification of informality through labour force surveys.

STATEMENTS: Message from the ILO Director-General on On World Day Against Child Labour 2025, June 12th.

LIVESTREAM: Watch the High-level event will mark the World Day Against Child Labour 2025 with the launch of the ILO-UNICEF joint report on the latest global estimates of child labour.