International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)

  • 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

    A global conference for the fight against child labour

    During the week of 15 to 20 May 2022, the Government of South Africa will host the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour. It comes at a critical time, with the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to reverse years of progress in the fight to end 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. A child should go to school, not to work

    17 May 2022

  2. Far-reaching action needed to end child labour

    16 May 2022

  3. 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

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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. The role of social protection in the elimination of child labour: Evidence review and policy implications

    18 May 2022

  2. The role of social protection in the elimination of child labour: Evidence review and policy implications

    18 May 2022

  3. Vulnerabilities to child labour

    16 May 2022

  4. The elimination of child labour and its root causes – the guidance offered by the ILO MNE Declaration

    05 May 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.