A child worker breaks bricks in Dhaka Mehedi HasanBangladesh's government has pledged to eradicate child labour by 2025The International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged Bangladesh to ensure access to social protection programs—and quality education—for decent work and the effective elimination of child labour. ILO's Bangladesh Country Director Tuomo Poutiainen remarked this in a press release issued on Wednesday marking World Day Against Child Labour 2019. Meanwhile, Bangladesh's government pledged to eradicate child labour from the country by 2025. "It also developed a national work plan and formed committees to monitor child labour at the national, divisional, district, and sub-district levels.”According to the National Child Labour Survey 2013, there are around 1.7 million child labourers in Bangladesh of whom around 1.28 million are trapped in hazardous work. Meanwhile, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder urged the government, workers, and employers to work together to end child labour.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 12, 2019 09:45 UTC