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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 work1 – some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers– and calls for urgent action to halt the practice.
The report, “Children in hazardous work: what we know, what we need to do,” cites studies from both industrialised and developing countries indicating that every minute of every day, a child labourer somewhere in the world suffers a work-related accident, illness or psychological trauma.
The report also says that although the overall number of children aged 5 to 17 in hazardous work declined between 2004 and 2008, the number aged 15-17 actually increased by 20 per cent during the same period, from 52 million to 62 million. (...)

The article:

http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/100thSession/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_156758/lang--en/index.htm

More about:

http://www.business-humanrights.org/ConflictPeacePortal/Issue/Children

http://www.ilo.org/global/meetings-and-events/events/world-day-against-child-labour/2011/lang--en/index.htm

http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/100thSession/media-centre/speeches/WCMS_157299/lang--en/index.htm

http://www.inail.it/Portale/appmanager/portale/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PAGE_SALASTAMPA&nextPage=Prodotti/News/2011/Lavoro_e_sicurezza/info-2008718359.jsp

Sull'argomento:

http://www.inviatospeciale.com/2011/06/lavoro-sommerso-minorile-500mila-bambini-coinvolti/

http://www.inail.it/Portale/appmanager/portale/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PAGE_SALASTAMPA&nextPage=Prodotti/News/2011/Lavoro_e_sicurezza/info-2008716337.jsp

The ILO Report:
http://www.ilo.org/ipecinfo/product/viewProduct.do?productId=17035

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Passato...prossimo:

https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2851:bambini-in-fabbrica-il-lavoro-minorile-nel-mondo&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105