The purpose of the handbook is to provide guidelines for professionals who may/will encounter instances of child labour in the course of their work. Against the background of law, international convention and research findings, the handbook is intended to assist with prioritizing and taking effective action to address child labour situations, always conducting such activities in the best interest of the children.
This research summarizes the results of a survey undertaken in Mexico in order to collect information statistically representative about the perceptions of the adult population in terms of child labour.
The Inter-Agency Report provides an overview of the child labour situation in the country and how it is changing over time, building on and updating the results of the comprehensive Country Report on child labour published in 2009.
The study was conducted between September and October 2010. The study aimed at establishing the relationship between disability and child labour among children and families in the three districts of Rakai, Mbale and Wakiso.
This briefing note considers how the Global Jobs Pact endorsed by the International Labour Conference in June 2009 supports the prevention and elimination of child labour.
IPEC news, March 2009Newsletter of the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. In this issue: Football for Hope in Sialkot; Children should not bear the brunt of the financial crisis; new standards for child labour statistics; World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents sets future agenda; new projects; news from the regions; World Day against Child Labour 2009; ILO-ITC courses on child labour.