International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)

  • Global conference to discuss urgent measures to tackle child labour

    More than 160 million children are still in child labour around the world. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to reverse years of progress, the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour will be taking place in Durban, South Africa, 15–20 May. More than 4,000 delegates will discuss good practices, identify gaps and the urgent measures that are needed to help children in child labour.

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    Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward

    Published for the first time jointly by the ILO and UNICEF, as co-custodians of Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the report takes stock of where we stand in the global effort to end child labour.

News

  1. Trailer - Promotional videos for the project “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Turkey”

    29 April 2022

  2. Short - Promotional videos for the project “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Turkey”

    29 April 2022

  3. The importance of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the cotton supply chain in Pakistan

    27 April 2022

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Events

  1. World Day Against Child Labour - 12 June 2022

    12 June 2022

  2. 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

    15 - 20 May 2022

  3. SDG Open Hack: End forced labour and child labour

    25 March 2022

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Just released

  1. Myanmar: Legal Review of national laws and regulations related to child labour in light of international standards 2020, Executive report

    01 April 2022

  2. Legal Review of national laws and regulations related to child labour in light of international standards 2020

    01 April 2022

  3. Ruwwad-ILO model of direct intervention on child labour in Jordan: Case study

    21 January 2022

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  1. 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.