World Day Against Child Labour

12 June

International

Why this date

Focuses on ending child labour worldwide.

About the day

Launched by the ILO in 2002. Well over 100 million children worldwide are in child labour, many of them in farming. Iqbal Masih, a Pakistani boy who campaigned against bonded labour, was killed in 1995 and is remembered around the world.

Observed by

International Labour Organization (ILO)