Publications

December 2009

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   Research findings on the working conditions and occupational health of children and adolescents engaged in work in carpentry, stone carving and traditional textile production

   Child labour is a major concern of international organizations and many countries around the world. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO)'s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, considerable differences exist between the many kinds of work children do. Some are difficult and demanding, while others are more hazardous and even morally reprehensible.

July 2008

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   Rapid Assessment of Child Labour in Non-Traditional Mining Sector in Zambia. Final Report

   This study was financed from the 8th European Development Fund and with technical inputs from ILO-IPEC.

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.

July 2007

1. Ending child labour in mining: Field experience and analysis of interventions from Mongolia

   Gives an overview of the problem of child labour in the informal mining sector in Mongolia and interventions taken to combat it. It further gives examples of promising practices and recommendations for Mongolia and for other countries. It also compares and contrasts advantages and disadvantages of various types of interventions.

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.

June 2006

1. Child labour in gold mining: The problem

2. Child labour in salt mining: The problem

3. Child labour in stone quarrying: The problem

December 2005

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   Minors out of mining! Partnership for global action against child labour in small-scale mining

   "Minors out of Mining", aims to eliminate child labour in small-scale mining completely within ten years, starting with countries where the problem is most serious. It is a tripartite effort initiated by the concerned governments with the support and assistance of the industry (both companies and workers)and the ILO through its technical assistance programme, the International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour(IPEC).

June 2005

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   World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2005: Digging for survival: The child miners (Brochure)

   This brochure is designed to form the basis for a short lesson to introduce students to the issues involved in child labour and in the particular sectors of mining and quarrying and then, through discussion and activities, explore ways in which they themselves can play their part in the international campaign to eliminate child labour.