A little girl at a mine in Madagascar. The world promised to end children’s labor by 2025. Why 138 million children still work ? Human rights ~ 60 > 12-year-old Tenasoa every day-with great difficulty-gets to the mine in the east of Madagascar, where he collects two kilograms of mica-a mineral used in paints, automobile details and cosmetics to create a “flickering effect”. The girl has disability, and she cannot walk. in Madagascar about 10 thousand children, such as Tenasoa, work mainly in the uncontrolled industry of mica production. Together with adult members of their families, they work in dangerous conditions, inhaling harmful dust and climbing into unreliable tunnels. Many of these children threw school-if they ever studied at all. “If we do not work, we do not eat,” says Suja, grandfather Tenasoa. – Everything is very simple. Men, women and children – all must work to survive. ”In 2015, the United Nations set a goal – to put an end to children’s work around the world by 2025. However, as stated in a report published on Wednesday by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), progress in this area is slow and unstable. according to estimates, 138 million children around the world work – 12 million less than in 2020. MOT and UNICEF urge to double the efforts to combat children’s labor in order to achieve the best results. ~ 60 > “The results of our report inspire hope and show that progress is possible … but we should not turn a blind eye to the fact that the general director of the ILO MOT Zhilberus said Ungbo. dangerous labor Since 2000, the number of working children has decreased by more than 100 million. This is a significant achievement, which proves that the international community already has a “roadmap” to combat children’s labor. However, there is still a lot to do a lot. ~ 60 > “too many children continue to work in mines, in factories and in the fields, often engaged in dangerous work for the sake of survival,” said the executive director of UNISEF Katherine Russell. /62 ~ ~ 60 > 62 ~ child labor is understood as children’s labor. Not any work performed by children, namely the one that deprives them of their childhood and poses a threat to their health and development. ~ 60 > “It is important to understand that [children’s labor] is not housekeeping or household work. We are talking about work that is often dangerous, ”explained the expert of the ILO on child labor Benjamin Smith in an interview with the UN news service. 62 ~~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~Of the 138 million children engaged in one or another activity, 54 million work in dangerous conditions, including mines. Among such children are 13-year-old Onorin from Benin. She works from 10 a.m. to 5 pm on a gravel career, receiving payment for each bucket of collected gravel. The girl accumulates money, dreaming of becoming a hairdresser. for each digit – child The report notes that child labor is often transmitted from generation to generation. Children who are forced to work from an early age have limited access to education, which reduces their chances of a normal future and doom their children to poverty. ~ 60 > Federico Blanco, expert MOT and leading the author of the report, emphasizes that each number is the fate of a particular child: “Let’s remember that each digit is a child whose child is worth They deprived the right to education, protection and a worthy future. ” 13-year-old Nur, a Roichin refugee in Bangladesh, was forced to leave the school to help the family. An employee of the center financed by UNICEF convinced his parents to do everything so that the boy would return to study. 60 > “I dreamed of becoming a teacher. I thought it would never happen. But now I believe that I can learn and once become who I always wanted, ”said Nur. complex approach > 62 ~ in the report of the Unise and MOT calling for inter -sectral solutions that combine the effort in the field of education, economy and social policy. It is also emphasized that it is impossible to deal with child labor without eliminating its causes – primarily poverty. One of the key factors is to protect the rights of parents, including the right to safe work and a decent salary. ~ 60 > “MOT examines [child labor] in general, because it is important not only to help children, but also to provide adults with decent working conditions. Poverty is behind children’s labor, ”said Smith. taking into account regional differences, in each case an approach focused on specific countries is important. In particular, there are two -thirds of all cases of children’s labor in the world south of Sahara. ~ 60 > unexplored children’s dreams 60 > today the struggle with children’s labor is faced with a lack Financing. 60 ~ P > “Global Reduction of Financing threatens to negate the progress that has been achieved with such difficulty. We must again confirm the commitment to the idea that the place of children is in schools and at playgrounds, and not at work, ”said Katherine Russell. 60 > 10-year-old Advars dreams of returning to school. He tried to combine his studies and work, he has eight brothers and sisters, and he should help the family. Soon, the teacher told him not to come anymore – he missed the classes too often. ~ 60 > Now the boy works on a gold mine in Ethiopia and earns about $ 35 per day: “I want to study. I want to become someone. ”