2009 In Focus Archive: June 10, 2009
Department of Labor Hosts World Day Against Child Labor Roundtable
On June 10, in commemoration of the 2009 World Day Against Child Labor, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis hosted a roundtable discussion at the Department. Secretary Solis was joined by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls Tina Tchen, and ILAB Deputy Undersecretary Sandra Polaski. Roundtable participants also included representatives of non-governmental and international organizations, workers' and employers' groups, U.S. companies, and children's rights activists. The discussion focused on the theme of the 2009 World Day Against Child Labor: Give Girls a Chance and reflected participants' wide range of experience in removing children from exploitive labor, particularly girls. Secretary Solis also announced that in 2009, the Department will be providing more than $60 million for projects to address child labor globally. These programs will provide education and vocational training opportunities to child laborers and at-risk children and will help parents find viable livelihood alternatives.
- Read the news release
- Read the President's remarks
- Learn more about the World Day Against Child Labor
