CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Since 1997, countries around the world have shared knowledge on policies and good practices, and have committed to eliminate child labour in a series of global conferences held in Oslo (1997), The Hague (2010) and Brasilia (2013).

Detailed explanation-2: -The two ILO Conventions on child labour are Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age and Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. These Conventions are “fundamental” Conventions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Today, an estimated 79 million of these children are engaged in dirty, dangerous and degrading work. Africa tops the list of regions with the highest prevalence of child labour, accounting for 72 million of all child labourers globally.

Detailed explanation-4: -The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour is a global programme launched by the International Labour Organization in December, 1991. India was the first country to join it in 1992 when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ILO. The MOU that expired on 31.12.

Detailed explanation-5: -Our Founder Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has been at the forefront of the global movement to end child slavery and exploitative child labour since 1980.