Technical Session 4 Child labour Endemic Countries: Challenges and Strategies

Link between poverty – informal economy and Child labour is world wide Important role of teachers (drop out of children) and teacher unions Poverty vs child labour and vice versa Child labour is in all sectors Child labour must be tackled in relation to other themes like wages, etc. Issue of wealth and income distribution as TU strategy ?

Who is doing what when and towards whom ? UN Agencies Regions (Asean-EU-…) National governments Regional authorities Local communities Multinational companies National Companies Employers associations Micro economies GUF National federations- confederations Local unions Members

Individual objectives Society objectives Good Governance Corruption No child labour child labour

Coordinate actions Focus on collective agreements Concrete actions – local community- committee Awareness – empowerment- change of mentality vs change of behavior Reward – punish

THANK YOU! DHANYAVAAD!