Publications

March 2012

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   Pilot Survey 2010: Working Children in Dry Fish Industry in Bangladesh

   To undertake this survey, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and ILO-IPEC with other stakeholders jointly identified the Dry Fish Industry located in selected five coastal districts of the Bay of Bengal. The aim of the survey was to investigate the forced labour of children and its measurement on the basis of certain indicators such as unfree recruitment, work imposed, freedom of work, dependency, coercion/ penalty etc. in line with ILO Conventions C 29 and C 105.

October 2011

1. Addressing child labour in fisheries and aguaculture: Policy and practice - FAO-ILO Guidelines

   This guide aims at improving the understanding of the nature and scope, causes and contributing factors, and consequences of child labour in fisheries and aquaculture by providing information and an analysis of current issues.

June 2011

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   Mini research on child labour in the seafood supply chain in Samut Sakhon, Thailand

   The studies include research projects on development of working conditions and labour protection for migrant workers and on use of child labour in the fishery, fishing processing, agriculture and domestic work sectors in Samut Sakhon.

February 2011

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   Child labour in the value chain of the shrimp industry in Thailand - Final report

   The paper provides a structural analysis of the industry and value chain of shrimp industry in Thailand, and evaluates the situation and the need for child labour in shrimp industry, as well as suggesting recommendation for ways to improve the situations and to terminate the use of child labour.

December 2010

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   Mainstreaming child labour issues in key development policies and programmes

   Sri Lanka: Report on a preliminary review. This Report is based on a review of selected policies in Sri Lanka, done by Centre for Poverty (CEPA), under an ILO-IPEC initiative. The exercise was undertaken with a view to advocating for mainstreaming child labour issues and concerns into key public policies, programmes and their budgets in Sri Lanka.

May 2010

1. Eliminating child labour in the jermal fishing industry

   As a result of awareness-rising and child labour monitoring, the number of children in hazardous work in the fishing industry in Indonesia has decreased dramatically.

March 2008

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   Situation Report on Child Labour (Plantation, Fire-Works Industry, Tile Industry, Coir Industry & Fishery) - Final Report - Sri Lanka

   The objective of the surveys on fireworks, fishery, coir and tile industries and plantation sectors is to estimate through a household based survey the size of the child workers population directly involved in the production process, as well as the number of migrant child workers in the plantation sector who were sent from these communities into other parts of the country as CDW, garment factory workers etc.

June 2005

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   Experiences and lessons learned on child labour monitoring: rubber, salt and fishing sectors in Cambodia

December 2004

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   Good practices and lessons learnt in combating hazardous work in child labour: salt production (Kampot), fish/shrimp processing (Sianoukville) and rubber plantation (Kampong Cham) sectors

   Brochure describing the ILO/IPEC funded programme on hazardous and exploitative child labour in Cambodia. The project was carried out between 2001and 2004.

August 2003

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   Combating child labour in hazardous work in Salt Production, Rubber Plantation and Fishing sectors in Cambodia