Publications

July 2009

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   Assessing the gender gap: Evidence from SIMPOC surveys

   This paper provides statistical evidence for some of the most important gender differences with regard to child labour. It is based on the analysis of 16 household-based national child labour surveys (NCLS) from all major regions of the world conducted between 1999 and 2007 with the assistance of IPEC's Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC).

June 2007

1. World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheets

   Information sheets providing more background information on different topics related to child labour in agriculture.

January 2007

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   Girls in mining: Research findings from Ghana, Niger, Peru and the United Republic of Tanzania

   Synthesis of a series of research findings conducted by the ILO to draw attention to the hazardous work undertaken by girls in small-scale mining.

April 2006

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   Child Labour in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: A Gender Based Analysis

   The study examines the child labour phenomenon in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region from a gender perspective. It represents part of a broader effort to improve understanding of how child labour differs by sex, and to ensure that policies relating to child labour adequately reflect these differences

January 2005

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   Good practices and lessons learned on child and adolescent domestic labour in Central America and the Dominican Republic: a gender perspective

   This report includes several good practices and lessons learned while carrying out the project, related to the achieving its objective of contributing to the prevention and elimination of the worst forms of child domestic labour in Central America and the Dominican Republic.

December 2004

1. Gender education and child labour in Turkey

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   Global child labour data review: a gender perspective (Girl child labour studies, vol. 3)

3. Gender education and child labour in Egypt

4. Gender, education and child labour in Lebanon

   This study explores the topic of gender, education and child labour in Lebanon. Chapter 1 tackles general and specific issues related to child labour.

5. Gender equality and child labour: a participatory tool for facilitators

   Training tool on gender equality and child labour. The philosophy and approaches used stem directly from the SCREAM initiative designed to help facilitators worldwide to promote understanding and awareness of child labour among young people.