International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
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Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally – ILO and UNICEF
Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new report warns.
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Our impact, their voices
The mica dust made me sick, I’m glad to be back at school
When Suman Kumari was 13 her father became ill and the family fell into debt. When COVID-19 hit and with creditors at the door, she joined her mother at her workplace processing mica, a mineral dust used in cosmetics, paints and electronics. An ILO project has helped her return to school.
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Impact stories
From child labour and forced labour to dreams of a better future
Today, more than 160 million children are in child labour and 28 million people are in forced labour. What do they need? How do they feel? And who is helping them?
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Global Estimates of Child Labour
Understanding child labour statistics
While the percentage of children in child labour has remained unchanged over the four year period, the absolute number has increased by over 8 million.
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© Adam Lai
Global Child Labour Conference agrees Durban Call to Action to end child labour
The ‘Durban Call to Action’ includes strong commitments on action against child labour while raising concerns that existing progress has slowed and is now threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflict, as well as food, environmental and humanitarian crises.
Events
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Second Field Test of the Training Manual on Child Labour: A compilation of Laws, Policies and Programmes on the elimination of child labour in the Philippines
9 - 11 August 2022
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Second Field Test of the Training Manual on Child Labour: A compilation of Laws, Policies and Programmes on the elimination of child labour in the Philippines
9 - 11 August 2022
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World Day Against Child Labour 2022 Celebration in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (WDACL BARMM 2022)
8 July 2022
Just released
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eLearning tools on child labour
The eLearning tools are designed to help to better understand what child labour is and the key role ILO stakeholders can play.