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The Music Against Child Labour competition: Winners are revealed!
Published: Jun 30,2021

The Music Against Child Labour competition was launched on February 3rd 2021 as a joint initiative of Jeunesses Musicales International and the International Labour Organization, with the aim of harnessing the power of music to help combat child labour which affects 152 million children, nearly 1 in 10 children worldwide.

Over 200 musicians from 50 different countries submitted their songs in one of three categories: a global category for all artists; a grassroots category for music projects involving children affected by (or at risk of) child labour; and a CLEAR Cotton project category for national competitions run in Burkina Faso, Mali, Pakistan and Peru, where the CLEAR Cotton project works with partners to combat child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains.

The final winners, one for each global category and one for each CLEAR Cotton country, have now been selected by a panel of technical and music experts. The celebrity jury included multi-award winning musicians A.R. Rahman, Laura Pausini, Ralph Johnson (Earth, Wind & Fire), Juan Diego Florez and Lokua Kanza. Entries were judged on musical quality, the relevance of the message, song originality, and the inclusion of a positive call to action. The official announcement of the winners took place in June, on the occasion of the 2021 World Day against Child Labour event during the ILO’s International Labour Conference. The competition awarded a cash prize to all winners and provide them with the opportunity to professionally record a digital live performance to be broadcast during the international event organised by ILO.

 

Competition Winners Revealed!

  • Global Category: Bernice Pitroipa (Burkina Faso)
  • Grassroots Category: Music Crossroads Academy Zimbabwe (MCAZ)
  • Clear Cotton Category: Benewend (Burkina Faso), Virginie Dembélé (Mali), Ahmed Faraz (Pakistan) and José Zevallos del Carpio (Peru).

 

Global Category: Bernice Pitroipa (Burkina Faso)

 

Grassroots Category: Music Crossroads Academy Zimbabwe (MCAZ)

 

Clear Cotton Category: Benewend (Burkina Faso): coming soon

Clear Cotton Category: Virginie Dembélé (Mali)

 

Clear Cotton Category: Ahmed Faraz (Pakistan)

 

Clear Cotton Category: José Zevallos del Carpio (Peru)

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