World Day Against Child Labour today
Sunday, 12 June 2022
The World Day Against Child Labour-2022 will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe today (Sunday), reports UNB.
This year, the theme of the day is 'Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour'.
The 2022 theme of the world day calls for increased investment in social protection systems and schemes to establish solid social protection floors and protect children from child labour.
Various international and national private organisations including ILO and Unicef have chalked out various programmes to mark the day.
On the occasion of the day, State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian urged the national and international organisations to come forward to stop child recruitment at mills and factories and raise awareness among the people of all stages.