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10 Jun 2011

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International Labour Organization

World Day Against Child Labour 2011 - ILO calls for urgent action against hazardous forms of child labour

In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work...The report calls for a renewed effort to ensure that all children are in education at least until the minimum age of employment and for countries to establish a hazardous work list...[It] looks in detail at six economic sectors: crop agriculture, fishing, domestic service, mining and quarrying, and street and service industries...