Satyarthi urged the global community to come together in 2021, the UN Year for Elimination of Child Labour to prioritise children in policies, resources and urgency of collective action.
Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Tuesday hailed as a “day of awakening” the universal ratification of an International Labour Organisation convention that provides legal protection to children against worst forms of labour.
Satyarthi, however, urged the global community to come together in 2021, the UN Year for Elimination of Child Labour to prioritise children in policies, resources and urgency of collective action, cautioning that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis will lead to a substantial increase in child labour around the world.
