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ILO to present the latest global estimates on child labour

ILO-IPEC Thailand works together with DOF and DLPW to train fisheries officials on Child Labour and Forced Labour and organizes series of...

The ILO-IPEC Thailand commenced a new leg in its work against child labour and forced labour in the fisheries sector through a series of capacity building and training efforts aimed at training and orienting Provincial DOF staff on child labour and...

Vocational Training Course for Young Migrant Workers launched in Samut Sakhon

With technical and financial support from the ILO/IPEC the Labour Rights Promotion Network (LPN) has begun collaborating with the Provincial Non-Formal Education Office and the Mahachai Automotive Institute of Technology (MIAT) to provide vocational...

New ILO tool steps up fight against child labour

The International Labour Office (ILO) has launched a new tool to guide efforts towards the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.

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New ILO tool steps up fight against child labour

The ILO presents a training guide to help its constituents tackle the worst forms of child labour.

Towards a child labour-free Jordan

Leaving a life of child labour behind

How a Jordanian teenager quit working as a car mechanic and returned to full-time education.

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Kick-out child labour

In 2011, there were over 3 million child labourers in the Philippines. The National Child Labor Committee has scaled up its campaign to end the worst forms of child labour in the country. This year, a football clinic will be held on Tuesday,...

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Fighting bonded labour in Nepal

Though it is banned by the government and has all but disappeared from certain locations, bonded labour persists in some parts of the country.

Children deserve to play: from sugarcane fields to volleyball and football pitches

Fun in the sun was what 167 former child labourers from ILO Interntational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) areas in Bukidnon had on 11-12 July as part of the province’s celebration of the World Day against Child Labour.

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Convergence – A way to end child labour in India

The ILO teams up with the local authorities to help remove and prevent children from entering child labour in urban and rural areas in five states.

Pak Pang Royal Project Celebrations in Nakhon Si Thammarat Highlight this year Provincial Work Against Child Labour

Every year at Pak Pang district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, a ‘Royal Pak Panang River basin Development Project initiated by his majesty the King’s is celebrated with various community projects on water management, environment and social...

Parents and employers to face punishment for forcing children into labour in Tajikistan

Exhibition "The ILO's fight against child labour: Dreaming of Freedom" - Kirsten Sandberg, Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Marta Santos Pais - Statement of Support of ILO-IPEC Exhibition

End of project workshop on EC-ILO-ACP “TACKLE” project

On 2 and 3 July 2013, an end of project global stakeholders workshop on the joint ILO-EU-ACP “TACKLE” project on child labour took place in Brussels. “TACKLE” stands for “Tackling child labour through education” and is a joint project of the...

Jordan reviews legislation on equal pay and child labour

Legal amendments on equal remuneration and child labour under discussion.

Launch of Research-based Visual Products on Combating Child Labour

Everyday around 115 million children are exposed to hazardous work around the globe, including 15.5 million children who are engaged in domestic work outside their own homes according to the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO).

FAO and ILO urge countries to better protect children working in fisheries and aquaculture

Governments need to take measures to protect children from harmful work in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, say the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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FAO and ILO urge countries to better protect children working in fisheries and aquaculture

Many children are exposed to harsh and hazardous working conditions that harm their health and learning abilities.

Panel says child domestic work an unacceptable form of abuse which can longer continue

Experts gather in New York to discuss findings of a new ILO report on child labour in domestic work.