To drive home the message about the illegal practice of child labour – PUHOR, a non-government organisation created a wall painting at the Bokul Flyover wall on the NH-37 in Dibrugarh on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour. Team PUHOR created a wall painting depicting the hardship a child goes through when engaged in physical labour.
World Day Against Child Labour, which aims to spread awareness about the illegal employment practice and also talk about the ways to eradicate it completely was observed on Saturday by people across the globe. It was launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO), an agency of the United Nations, in 2002. This year’s theme is ‘Act now: End child labour’.
Child labour exists across the globe and children, mostly from poor families, are forced to work in hazardous conditions which leads to unending physical, mental and social exploitation and suffering from the employers. Children are deprived of living their childhood to their fullest and also miss the opportunity of attending schools.
According to the latest report by the ILO and Unicef, child labour has soared to 160 million worldwide, the first increase in 20 years.
There also has been a significant rise in the number of children between 5-11 years in child labour, who account for over half of the global figure. The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide — an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years — with millions more at risk due to the impacts of Covid-19.
