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Red Card around the world
From the heart of New York City's Time Square to the sandy Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro, the Red Card to Child Labour Campaign was commemorated worldwide.
Red Card to Child Labour Campaign highlights
The 2014 edition of the Red Card to Child Labour Campaign debuted around the world inspiring people to take a stand against child labour.
To commemorate World Day Against Child Labour, the mega screens in New York City's Times Square, raised awareness about the 168 million children in child labour worldwide.
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The ILO relaunched the Red Card to Child Labour Campaign in the heart of New York City in Times Square on 12 June, World Day Against Child Labour
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Children from Elementary School E. Marchiafava, Fiumicino, Rome, Italy
"The best way to get rid of child labour is to make it unnecessary for the security of families," said Aung San Suu Kyi.
In Sakaraha, Madagascar
Pope Francis, holding up the Red Card to Child Labour, referred to the World Day Against Child Labour during his general audience at The Vatican, saying that “tens of millions of children are forced to work in degrading conditions, and are victims of slavery and abuse, harassment and discrimination. I truly hope that the international community will extend children's access to social protection to eradicate this curse.”
More than a thousand people came together on Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro on 11 June, to form a giant Aerial Art image - designed by artist John Quigley - to raise awareness of child labour.
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Against the backdrop of Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, the volunteers created a human pinwheel – the emblem of the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).
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To commemorate World Day Against Child Labour and to promote the Red Card to Child Labour Campaign, From 2 June through 12 June, a mini bus traveled across five regions visiting five main cities: Bishkek, Osh, Jalal-Abad, Karakol and Tokmok.
A young child held up the Red Card to Child Labour at a night school in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
A young child held up the Red Card to Child Labour at a night school in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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Vietnamese footballer Le Cong Vinh holds up the Red Card against child labour.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso at the National Stadium
Carlos Alfonso Tomada, Argentina's Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Security
In Switzerland, the Gabriel Peri school class choir and orchestra performed a new song, "La Musique", dedicated to the ILO's Music against Child Labour Initative. The performance was held during the IPEC International Steering Committee for the World Day Against Child Labour at the United Nations in Geneva.
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Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General. Meeting of the IPEC International Steering Committee for the World Day Against Child Labour. 103rd Session of the International Labour Conference. Geneva, 10th of June 2014.
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ILO Office in Santiago de Chile
ILO event in Mexico
At the ILO headquarters in Geneva, the ILO's Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) Branch.
Costa Rica's Minister of Labour, Victor Morales
Employees from Mediaset Espana, the largest television network in Spain
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Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Derevianko
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Dominican Republic Vice President, and other participants of the World Day Against Child Labour Forum hold up the Red Card to Child Labour.
Italy's Rugby Calvisano in Rome
ILO Office in Cameroon
On 12 June, more than 3,000 people from typhoon Haiyan-affected communities marched against child labour in the city of Tacloban, Philippines.
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