The World Day against Child Labour, commemorated by governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, institutions and society in general, has a particularity this year. Today we receive June 12 in the midst of an unprecedented global health crisis, which has highlighted the high level of inequality and vulnerability in which many populations find themselves.

This Wednesday June 10 at 9:30 a.m. (GMT-5) , the inter-agency conversation on “Crisis and Child Labour” will be held on the Zoom platform, where the specialists of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), will share a view of the current context generated by the COVID-19,  its impact on the situation of children and adolescents, particularly with regard to the child labour risks in the region and will point to some response paths based on the policy to face this challenge.