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May 2013

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   © Garde Bertrand / Hemis.fr 2013

   Report on the Fishing industry

   Caught at sea: fighting forced labour in the fishing industry

   31 May 2013

   The fishing sector is an important source of employment, income and food production for many countries. But there are serious incidents of abuse in some fisheries and fishing vessels. By Beate Andrees, head of the ILO’s Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour.

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   Bonded labour

   Tackling Bonded Labour in Tamil Nadu

   03 May 2013

   In India's Tamil Nadu state, thousands of people desperate for money are offered advance payments to work in the region's many brick kilns. While this system has worked well enough in the past for both employers and workers, many workers run the risk of "debt bondage" because they cannot leave the worksite until they repay the advance in full. But the situation is changing now, by ILO working with government and employers, and showing workers how they can take more control of their own lives.

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   Social insurance

   A smart way to prevent bonded labour

   03 May 2013

   A young couple and their new baby are the first beneficiaries of a national health insurance scheme which now extends to migrant brick kiln workers at risk of bondage, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

February 2013

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   ILO report

   ILO: Tougher measures needed to curb forced labour

   08 February 2013

   According to an ILO report, the need to deter would-be perpetrators is widely recognized, but more effort is needed to identify cases of forced labour and to prevent the crime.

October 2012

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   International Day of the Girl Child

   ILO says discrimination against young girls must end

   10 October 2012

   The world must make sure that girl children find their rightful places at home, school and, as they grow up, at work - on equal terms with boys.

June 2012

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   Article

   Working a childhood away in Afghanistan’s kilns

   07 June 2012

   Children as young as five work as brick makers in Afghanistan’s kilns, as poverty and debt keep their families in low-wage bonded labour. Tackling the issue is far more complex than just banning child labour in the kilns, the ILO says.

February 2012

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   Q&A

   Buried in bricks: Bonded labour in Afghanistan

   06 February 2012

   Bonded labour of adults and children in brick kilns is one of the most prevalent, yet least known forms of hazardous labour in Afghanistan. A new ILO study on the phenomenon marks the first attempt to provide a better understanding of the dynamics of bonded labour in two provinces of the country. ILO Online spoke with Samuel Hall consulting, lead author of the study.

July 2010

1. Article

   Forced labour playlist on ILOTV

   16 July 2010

   International Labour Organization television on Youtube. The Forced labour playlist provides a series of videos on forced labour, bonded labour and human trafficking

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   Say no to forced labour!

   13 July 2010

   Flash movie on forced labour and trafficking, available in English, Spanish and French

May 2007

1. Video

   A global alliance against forced labour film

   08 May 2007