Resources on gender issues and child labour
2009
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Publication
Assessing the gender gap: Evidence from SIMPOC surveys
01 July 2009
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).
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Give girls a chance - Tackling child labour, a key to the future
10 June 2009
This report provides an overview on the involvement of girls in child labour and the policy responses required to tackle the problem. It provides global estimates on girls involvement in child labour and looks at major sectors of work in which girls are involved. It also considers the issue of gender inequalities in education and how these contribute to child labour and the transition of girls into the youth labour market. The report concludes with proposals on the policy response required to tackle child labour of girls.
2007
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Publication
World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheets
01 June 2007
Information sheets providing more background information on different topics related to child labour in agriculture.
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Publication
Girls in mining: Research findings from Ghana, Niger, Peru and the United Republic of Tanzania
01 January 2007
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.
2006
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Publication
Child Labour in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: A Gender Based Analysis
01 April 2006
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
2005
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Instructional material
Good practices and lessons learned on child and adolescent domestic labour in Central America and the Dominican Republic: a gender perspective
01 January 2005
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.
2004
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Publication
Gender education and child labour in Turkey
31 December 2004
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Girl child labour studies, vol.4
Selected annotated bibliography on girl child labour: a gender perspective
01 December 2004
This bibliography provides a literature review on girl child labour from a gender perspective in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation. It is based on a comparative analysis of rapid assessments and data reviews undertaken in the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador.
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Girl child labour studies, vol. 3
Global child labour data review: a gender perspective
01 December 2004
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Publication
Gender education and child labour in Egypt
01 December 2004