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New US Department of Labor funding to advance the fight against child labour, forced labour and human trafficking worldwide

Contribution of US$ 10 million supports ILO’s work to address the root causes of child labour, forced labour and human trafficking

Responsible Enterprises: Innovative Pathways to Child Labour Elimination

From 18 to 29 October 2021, fourty representatives among Governments, employers’ organizations, businesses, and workers’ organizations from Mali and Côte d’Ivoire engaged in a dialogue and capacity building training to discuss and learn about...

Revitalizing Belize’s efforts to eliminate child labour

ILO and UNICEF working with Government of Belize to advance new child labour policy

Responsible Enterprises: Innovative Pathways to Child Labour Elimination

Participants were introduced to the principles of the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) and its comprehensive approach to tackle child labour including aspects related to...

Children, journalists and local organizations say “No to Child Labour” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region

A nation-wide campaign is reaching communities most affected by the rise of child labour in Iraq.

Opinion editorial

Migrant fishers prone to modern slavery

An opinion editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, programme manager for ILO's skills development and Muhammad Nour, ILO's programme coordinator for Accelerator Lab 8.7, in conjunction with the commemoration of the International Migrants Day. The opinion...

Iraq launches activities to combat child labour as part of nation-wide campaign

Iraq’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO have unveiled new awareness-raising activities as part of a campaign to tackle the worst forms of child labour in the country.

Accelerated action is needed to reverse the dramatic rise in child labour in Africa

One in five African children is engaged in child labour, according to the latest global estimates, more than in the rest of the world combined. More needs to be done to eliminate child labour in Africa and globally by 2025.

ILO discusses the role of cooperatives in promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in value chains

The ILO was invited to participate and present in the panel “Strengthening our Cooperative Identity by supporting ethical value chain management” organized in the framework of the ICA’s 33rd World Cooperative Congress.

ILO highlights intervention models on building sustainable local communities through cooperatives

The ILO presented its experiences of working with cooperatives on child labour in global supply chains and forced displacement contexts during the 33rd World Cooperative Congress.

The ILO collaborates with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on a Capacity Building Workshop for Desk Officers in Nigeria

The training sought to, build the requisite skill of 37 Child Labour Desk Officers and also equip them on the modalities of implementing the Actions Pledged by the Ministry during the launch of International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour...

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Japanese artist collaborates with the ILO through ArtWorks Programme

Ms Yoko Oginome is to contribute a song on child labour as part of advocacy campaign on decent work.

ILO participates in European Parliament public hearing on ending child labour in Africa

This year is the UN’s International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour: Global progress against child labour has stalled since 2016.

Two songwriters from Hanoi and HCM City win Music Against Child Labour song competition

The initiative which attracted 88 entries from 68 musicians from across Viet Nam, aimed to raise awareness as part of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.

International Labour Organization (ILO) and Malawi Congress of Trade Unions partner for trade union action to accelerate the elimination of...

“As MCTU, we look forward to leveraging this partnership to further enhance our ongoing efforts to build the capacity of our affiliated trade unions, especially those representing workers in the formal and informal sectors, as well as smallholder...

Viet Nam launches second programme of action plan to tackle child labour

The National Programme on the Prevention and Reduction of Child Labour for the 2021 ̶ 25 period, with a vision towards 2030, has been launched to accelerate Viet Nam’s progress in the fight against child labour.

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE

The electives of the SSE Academy were designed for practitioners from around the world to share and discuss practices, ideas and models for SSE action in specific fields. The first elective 1 took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It focused on...

World Children's Day 2021

A closer look at ILO Turkey’s work to prevent children from work in seasonal agriculture

Child labour in Burkina Faso

Prevention of child labour through the socio-professional reintegration of children withdrawn from the cotton, textile and garment value...

Ouagadougou (ILO News) - The CLEAR Cotton project is strengthening its strategy to combat child labour in Burkina Faso. It recently signed two agreements for the implementation of integrated programmes for the prevention, identification and...

Winners of the SDG 8.7 Innovation Challenge

Three Winners of the global category of the SDG 8.7 Innovation Challenge

Three proposals were selected to develop and implement their innovative ideas to develop digital information systems to promote collaborative work among relevant partners in the fight against child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in...