The United Nations observes June 12 each year as the ‘World Day Against Child Labour’ to bring attention to the evil practices of child labour across the world.

• The International Labour Organisation launched this day in 2002 to tackle this global issue against child labour.
• Theme: “Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour”.
• 160 million children are still engaged in child labour – some as young as five.
• At the beginning of 2020, one in ten children aged five and over were involved in child labour worldwide.