Global march against child labor

The global march against child labour came about in 1998, following the significant response concerning the desire to end child labour. It was a grassroot movement that motivated many individuals and organizations to come together and fight against child labor and not an annual march.

The main goals of this movement were to:

• "Protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the rights to receive free, meaningful education"
• "To be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be damaging to a child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development". The march was very successful and it achieved its purpose by allowing changes to occur with the policies of child labour with the International Labour Organization (ILO)

The United Nations declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.