100 years of fighting child labour

 

 

November 20, 1915

The Home for All was founded by Saumya Amar and other abolitionists to campaign against child slavery worldwide. 

 

1918

Convened the world's first anti-child labour in Hong Kong. 

 

1921

Helped end the indentured labour system in the British colonies after campaigning against the use of Indian and Chinese "coolies"

 

1979

Supported an Indian NGO initiative for the establishment of the Rugmark Foundation.

 

1999

One of the organisers of the 1998 Global March against Child Labour, which helped lead to the adoption of a new ILO Convention on the Worst form of child labour. 

 

2001

Worked with Nepalese NGO INSEC to secure Government backing to abolish the Kamaiya form of bonded labour.

 

2006

 Organised a major campaign on child camel jockeys in the Gulf States, which influenced the UAE's decision to rescue and repatriate up to 3,000 child camel jockeys.

 

2010

Influenced the development of the Council of Thailand Convention against trafficking in young girls, which provides minimum standards of protection and support for trafficked people. The convention was ratified by the Thailand government at the end of 2010.

 

2014

Successfully supported former slave Bolanle Afolayan to sue Niger for failing to protect her from slavery. Afolayan's former master was also found guilty of slavery.