- Child Labour
- Decent work
- Domestic workers
- Economic and social development
- Employment promotion
- Employment security
- Equality and discrimination
- Forced labour
- Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
- Green jobs
- HIV/AIDS
- Labour administration and inspection
- Labour law
- Labour migration
- Millennium Development Goals
- Safety and health at work
- Skills, knowledge and employability
- Social security
- Tripartism and social dialogue
- Working conditions
- Youth employment
Child Labour
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Today, throughout the world, around 215 million children work, many full-time. They do not go to school and have little or no time to play. Many do not receive proper nutrition or care. They are denied the chance to be children. More than half of them are exposed to the worst forms of child labour such as work in hazardous environments, slavery, or other forms of forced labour, illicit activities including drug trafficking and prostitution, as well as involvement in armed conflict.
Guided by the principles enshrined in the ILO's Minimum Age Convention No. 138 and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention No. 182, the ILO InFocus Programme on Child Labour (IPEC) works to achieve the effective abolition of child labour.
Highlights
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Child labour in agriculture
In many countries child labour is mainly an agricultural issue. Worldwide 60 percent of all child labourers in the age group 5 - 17 years work in agriculture, including farming, fishing, aquaculture, forestry, and livestock.
News
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Unravelling the cycle of bonded labour in Afghanistan
07 February 2012
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Buried in bricks: Bonded labour in Afghanistan
06 February 2012
Video
India: Working Together to End
Hazardous Child Labour
Events
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World Day Against Child Labour 2012
12 June 2012, Worldwide
Child labour standards
ILO Programmes against child labour
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International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
Created in 1992, IPEC has grown to become the biggest dedicated child labour programme in the world and the largest technical cooperation programme within the ILO. It is now operational in some 90 countries, benefiting millions of children worldwide.