Welcome to the webcast site for the
U.S. Department of Labor  & International Labour Organization
Advancing the Global Campaign Against Child Labor:
Progress Made and Future Actions Conference
which was webcast on May 17, 2000.

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To learn more about the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), watch this 10 minute video produced by the ILO.

9:00-9:10am      Opening  Video Segment
                         Welcome and Opening Remarks
                         --Department of Labor Auditorium
                        
Alexis M. Herman
                         U.S. Secretary of Labor
9:10-9:20am     
Juan Somavia
                         Director General, International Labour Organization
9:20-9:30am     
The Honorable Tom Harkin
                         United States Senator
9:30-9:40am     
Gene Sperling
                         Director, National Economic Council
9:40-9:50am     
John Sweeney
                         President, AFL-CIO
9:50-10:00am   
Tom Niles
                         President, U.S. Council for International Business

10:00-10:05am   Introduction of Ministers of Labor -Juan Somavia,
                          Director General, International Labour Organization
10:05-10:45am  
Participation by Foreign Ministers of Labor
                        
Jorge Nieto Menendez, Minister of Labor and
                             Social Security of El Salvador
                        
Surendra Hamal, State Minister for Labor and
                              Transport of Nepal
                        
William Lukuvi, Deputy Minister of Labor and
                               Youth Development of Tanzania

10:45-11:35am   Participation by Former Child Laborers
                         Welcome by Secretary Alexis M. Herman
                         Introduction by Liz Kramsky,
                             Brattleboro Union High School
                         Julekha Akhter, Former Child Laborer, Bangladesh
                         Juan Alberto Hernandez, Former Child Laborer, Guatemala
                         Mwaja Mahundi, Former Child Laborer, Tanzania         

12:00-1:45pm     Lunch--DOL Great Hall
                        
Child Labor Video Presentation

1:45-3:15pm      Concurrent Sessions
                                  Session I:
                          Raising Awareness on Child Labor (DOL Auditorium)    

Moderator

Carol Bellamy, Director-General, UNICEF

Panelists:

1.Kailash Satyarthi, Global March Against Child Labor (India)

 

2.Geraldinho Vieira, Executive Director of ANDI(Brazil)

 

3.Maria Alcestis Mangahas, IPEC National Program Coordinator, Philippines

 

4.Vicky Kanyoka, Tanzanian Federation of Trade Unions, IPEC Program Coordinator (Tanzania)

 

5.Francis Atwoli, General Secretary of the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Worker's Union (Kenya)

   

                         SessionII:
                         Implementing Effective Strategies in the Workplace

Moderato r:

David Miller, President, Toy Manufacturers of America

Panelists:

1.Rijk van Haarlem, Chief Technical Advisor and Monitoring Expert, IPEC

 

2.Aseema Zahoor, IPEC Monitor (Pakistan)

 

3. William Hempstead Smith, Vice President, Funrural (Guatemala)

 

4. Dr. Irfan Yazman,Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Handicrafts (Turkey)

 

5.Saroj Rai, Executive Director, Nepal Rugmark Foundation (Nepal)

3:30-5:15pm     Concurrent Sessions
                    Session III:
               
Providing Educational Opportunities (DOL Auditorium)

Moderator :

Marcia Reback, Vice President, American Federation of Teachers

Panelists:

1.Savitri Suwansathit, Inspector General Ministry of Education (Thailand)

 

2. Paschal K.A.Wambiya, Education and Training Project Coordinator, IPEC(Kenya)

 

3. Shantha Sinha, Secretary Trustee, MV Foundation (India)

 

4. Karen Ovalles, Projoven Dominicano,(Dominican Republic)

              Session IV:
        Reworking the Economic Equation: Raising Family Earnings Potential
                           

Moderator :

James Michel, Counselor, USAID

Panelists:

1.Maribel Rodriguez Rodriguez, Guatemalan Association for Sustainable Development (HABITAT), (Guatemala)

 

2.Rochelle Beck, Ibero-American Association for Development and Marketing of Handicrafts (AIDECA),  (Peru)

 

3.Uddhav Raj Poudyal, Project Coordinator,  IPEC  (Nepal)

   

5:30-5:45           Conclusions and Closing Remarks--DOL Auditorium
                        
ILO Director General, Juan Somavia
                        
U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman
                         
              

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