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ECOWAS/ILO Symposium on the West Africa Regional Action Plan to Eliminate Child Labour, Especially the Worst Forms

The West African Regional Action Plan to Eliminate Child Labour Especially the Worst Forms was the subject of a three day symposium, organised jointly by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Labour...

Provinces finalize Action Plans against Child Labour & Bonded Labour and agree to improve reporting on ILO Conventions

All provincial labour departments agreed on action plans to revise labour legislations regarding child and bonded labour and subsequent actions. Moreover, the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Provincial Labour Departments have also agreed...

"No" to child labour in domestic work

The 2013 World Day against Child Labour (marked on June 12) is focusing on child labour in domestic work. Millions of children globally work as domestic labourers, mostly girls under 18. They are deprived of education, and endure harsh working...

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sharing knowledge in combating child labour

Within the framework of activities carried out by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) in Central Asia two study tours were organized for tripartite partners in the region to learn experience of combating...

Child Labourers exposed to harmful environments

Highlighting the role of teachers in the tackling child labour in Fiji

Teachers fight child labour

A workshop aimed at highlighting the role of teachers in the tackling child labour in Fiji

Six provinces in PNG received training on Child Labour

A road show to generate interest and create awareness on the impacts of child labour in PNG

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013

Youth jobs’ gains wiped out by slow recovery

A new ILO report says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades, creating a generation at risk of suffering decent work deficits throughout their lives.

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013

Informal, poorly paid and unemployed: The reality of work for most youth in developing countries

School-to-work transition surveys of developing countries show that youth are far more likely to land low quality jobs in the informal economy than jobs paying decent wages and offering benefits. Access to education and training remains a major...

Public-private partnership

Eliminating seasonal child labour in Turkey

The ILO teams up with European private industry to help prevent children from working in seasonal hazelnut harvesting in Turkey.

Child labour

Protecting children from having to work

Social protection measures can help reduce the incidence of child labour, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).

Economic vulnerability

ILO report shows why social protection is crucial to tackle child labour

Measures such as cash transfers or health insurance programmes can sometimes determine whether a child spends the day studying and playing, or working and being deprived of a fair chance at a decent future.

ILO-IPEC releases mini-survey results on employer perceptions and understanding on child labour, forced labour, migrant welfare and CSR in...

The ILO-IPEC conducted together with Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) a mini survey on employer perceptions and understanding on child labour, forced labour, migrant welfare and CSR in Thailand in mid-2012 the results of which are now...

Mini-survey on employer perceptions of child labour, forced labour, migrant welfare and CSR in Thailand

Good teachers vital to ensure right to education

Good teachers play a big role in getting every child into school and meeting the deadline for the Education for All goals in 1,000 days.

ILO: PNG lacks complete laws on child labour

Papua New Guinea lacks comprehensive legislation to deal with child labour issues, a workshop has been told.

Combating child labour through education

Knowledge sharing workshop reviews progress of ILO-IPEC project

The participants came from Bolivia, Indonesia, Mali and Uganda – the four project countries.

Child labour tops agenda of Kyrgyz parliamentary committee’s session

Following the education forum held in December 2012 with some parliamentarians participating, the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Kyrgyzstan in close cooperation with the the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child...

Joint letter calls on business to help eliminate child labour

Following the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Children’s Rights and Business Principles last month, Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact and Guy Ryder,...

Thailand’s Shrimp and Seafood Industry: An Overview of Primary Processing in Samut Sakhon Province