Statements and Press Releases

June 11, 2019: Each year on June 12, the International Labour Organization (ILO) commemorates the World Day Against Child Labour to focus global attention on the extent of child labour and the actions needed to eliminate it. We urge the ILO to direct its focus on SDG Target 5.3, which calls for the elimination of "all harmful practices, such as child, early, and forced marriage." For the truth is obvious: Child marriage is child labour within the ILO's own definition. (Photo: UN/Martine Perret)

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June 12, 2018: On this World Day Against Child Labour, we remember the millions of girls in child “marriages” who have been missing for decades from global statistics and told by the international community that their forced labour doesn’t count. (Photo: Alexandra Lande / Shutterstock.com)

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October 10, 2017: For the International Day of the Girl Child 2017, AIDS-Free World explores why the International Labour Organization (ILO) continues to neglect to include millions of girls in illegal child marriages, in its efforts to combat child labour. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)

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October 5, 2017: On World Teachers' Day, we ask teachers to show their support and call on the ILO to recognize child marriage as child labour. (Photo: Shutterstock)

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