He also urged governments to address the root causes of child labour in global supply chains, such as poverty, informality and insufficient access to education.
'Today, 152 million children are still in child labour. The need to accelerate progress is obvious,' said Ryder. 'The UN resolution declaring 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour is a tremendous opportunity to keep the momentum, and to accelerate action towards the achievement of zero child labour, in all its forms, by 2025.'
Sigrid Kaag, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, announced that the Netherlands will become a pathfinder country of Alliance 8.7 - the first EU Member State to do do.
'Today, 152 million children are still in child labour. The need to accelerate progress is obvious.'
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-GeneralA recent report compiled by the ILO, OECD, IOM and UNICEF, Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains , provides the first-ever estimates of child labour in global supply chains. The study indicates that the link between child labour and global supply chains is often indirect. A significant share of child labour in global supply chains occurs in their lower tiers, in activities such as raw material extraction and agriculture, making due diligence, visibility and traceability challenging.
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