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May 2009: Education is every child's right
New
Hope Zimbabwe
May 27, 2009
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Child
Labour Play and Action activities
First of all I would like to congratulate you and all your partners
for the 10th anniversary of landmark ILO Convention No. 182, which
addresses the need for action to tackle the worst forms of child
labour.
As you are aware the Global March Against Child Labour's 80,000
kilometer long march across 103 countries led by the child victims
of slavery, prostitution, dangerous work, trafficking and various
other forms of exploitation demanded immediate end to this human
menace social evil and global crime. Millions of others joined with
their strong voice and the slogan "No more tools in tiny hands
we want books we want toys and no more child prostitution children
want education". It was an historic moment when ILO opened
its doors to these marchers where they strongly and loudly questioned
the world leaders, labour ministers and government delegation "Are
You So Poor That You Can't Take Away Our Tools and Give Us
Books?" This generated unprecedented moral force which was
immediately translated into a collective commitment to adopt a new
international law.
Global March played a pivotal role in conceptualizing the demands,
building and mobilizing widest possible support and for shaping
up of the ILO Convention 182 and later on campaigning for its ratification
and implementation. The Global March has strengthened all ILO's
efforts in this regard as well.
In Zimbabwe New Hope Foundation with support from ILO, SCFUK, HIVOS,
BRITISH EMBASSY, CACLAZ, TDH
and many more carried out the same activity in December of 2007,a
541 km physical march from Harare to Plumtree covered in 31 days.
Our cumulative and independent efforts have brought freedom and
hope in the lives of millions by putting an end to child labour
and giving an opportunity for education. But challenges are still
vital, approximately 218 million children are still languishing
in child labour and 72 million have never been to schools and 12
million are sold and bought in lesser prices then cows and buffaloes.
We cannot sit quiet. We are pledged to abolish child labour in all
worst forms as our first priority. We are equally committed to make
sure that each single child on this planet is free, safe and enjoying
all opportunities of development and getting free and good quality
education. Therefore the day June 12th is an important landmark
of our decade long success as well as in terms of challenges ahead.
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