Friday, June 20, is World Refugee Day. In the year 2000, the United Nations General Assembly decided that, on the 50th anniversary of the “1951 Geneva Convention on the Rights of Refugees,” this day would be declared as “World Refugee Day” starting from 2001. The Geneva Convention, which oversees the […]

Thursday, June 12, marks the World Day Against Child Labour. This day was established by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2002. There has never been a precise global statistic on the number of child laborers, largely because most governments, especially in underdeveloped capitalist countries, are unwilling to provide accurate […]

The 113th annual conference of the “International Labour Organization, ILO” is being held at its headquarters in Geneva from June 3 to 13. Delegations from 178 countries around the world are participating in this annual conference. As in previous years, representatives of employers, regime-affiliated yellow unions, and government officials are […]

Today, Thursday, June 5, is recognized by the United Nations as World Environment Day. Established in 1972 by the UN General Assembly, this day is meant to encourage the protection of ecosystems. According to UN documents, over 100 governments have acknowledged that a healthy environment is a right for all […]

Increasing working hours, raising the retirement age, daily layoffs of workers from permanent jobs and converting official contracts into temporary ones, greater exploitation of child laborers at much lower wages, the growing phenomenon of street children, reduction of state services and welfare and healthcare facilities, unprecedented intensification of environmental pollution […]

On Saturday, May 17th, Ham-Mihan newspaper published a report titled “38% of Iran’s Children Live Below the Poverty Line.” In the opening paragraphs, quoting an expert, the reporter writes: due to the political and social structures of the country, poverty among low-income families is increasing. Extreme poverty devastates the lives […]