by Marie Hélène Bouchard | Feb 14, 2026 | Advocacy, Alliance 8.7, Home Page
The 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor just ended in Marrakech, Morocco, with a reiterated call to end child labor globally. While the delegates acknowledged that they failed to achieve target 8.7, which aimed to eliminate child labor by 2025, a...
by Marie Hélène Bouchard | Oct 7, 2025 | Congo
In Lubumbashi—at the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining region—Free the Slaves (FTS) and Alternatives Plus co-organized an intensive two-day training on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7. Held from September 19–20, 2025, the workshop brought...
by Marie Hélène Bouchard | Aug 8, 2025 | Cameroon
Forced labor is a widespread and persistent issue across the globe and within multiple sectors. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), an estimated 27.6 million people are subjected to forced labor on any given day—equivalent to 3.5 people for every...
