All publications: child labour + child workers

The Syrian refugee crisis: Emergency funding for the ILO response to the influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey - Project proposal

The Syrian refugee crisis: Employment-Intensive Infrastructure Investment and Environmental Protection Irbid and Mafraq, Jordan - Concept...

The Syrian refugee crisis: Tackling child labour among Syrian refugees and their host communities in Lebanon - Project proposal

The Syrian refugee crisis: Livelihoods, Employment and Income for Vulnerable People in North Lebanon - Concept note

National child labour survey

Belize - National Child Activity Survey 2013

This survey is intended to provide updated information on working children, child labour, and hazardous work performed by children in Belize, as desired by the National Steering Committee on Child Labour set up by the Ministry of Labour, Government...

Belize - National Child Activity Survey 2013 - Key facts and figures

Report of the Sub-regional Child Labour and Trafficking Forum 2015

Report of the Sub-regional Forum on Combating Child Labour and Trafficking, Nadi, Fiji, 13- 16 April 2015

Plan of action to eliminate child labour in tourism in Petra

The Plan of Action has been discussed and agreed following an inclusive consultation process and calls for urgent political and financial commitment within the context of relevant national policy and legislative frameworks, in particular the...

Advocacy to reduce child labour

Country level engagement and advocacy to reduce child labour (CLEAR): Fact sheet

The Project aims to enhance the capacity of the Philippines to reduce child labour by supporting its actions addressing the recommendations contained in the USDOL’s Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour Report.

Photo album of good practices and lessons learned of the ILO-IPEC Cocoa Communities project in Ghana

The photo album is a story-telling sequence of annotated pictures depicting the various stages and processes of project implementation and outcomes achieved.

A health approach to child labour - A synthesis report of four country studies from the brick industry

In presenting this synthesis report, A Health Approach to Child Labour: Example from the brick industry, and its accompanying four country studies, ILO hopes to stimulate further work on this important area and a further refinement of the research...

Development of an instrument for the psychosocial assessment of child workers

Why do psychosocial factors not get the attention they deserve? In part, it may be the lack of a method able to quantify or to demonstrate psychosocial impacts on a population-wide basis. Many assume they can only be assessed (a) by a professional...

National Action Plan to eliminate Child Labour in Papua New Guinea

The PNG NAP provides a comprehensive framework from which policies and actions can be further discussed and developed to ensure that children are not trapped in child labour, especially its worstforms, and benefit from access to quality education...

Child labour in Afghanistan

Breaking the mould - Occupational safety hazards faced by children working in brick kilns in Afghanistan

This report seeks to provide useful information to assist the development of policy and of practical interventions to protect the safety, health and well-being of children above the minimum working age (14 in Afghanistan) in the brick kilns; to...

Picture book on child labour

Embrace

A picture book on combating the worst forms of child labour in shrimp and seafood processing industry in Thailand. It records some lively and notable moments of NGO partners and beneficiaries in action during the period of project implementation.

Measuring children’s work in South Asia: Perspectives from national household surveys

The report provides an overview and insight into the nature and extent of child labour and children’s employment and educational marginalization in the South Asian countries and region.

Spotlight

Indonesia: Spotlight - Special child labour and education edition

Policy brief

Combating child labour through education in Uganda - A policy brief

In recent years Uganda has seen only limited progress in reducing the rate of children’s employment. Whilst the country has seen important steps to promote free elementary and secondary education some major challenges remain. Uganda has experienced...

Policy brief

Combating child labour through education in Indonesia - A policy brief

Over the past ten years Indonesia has made major progress in reducing the numbers of children in child labour. It has done so primarily by expanding education provision and enabling more children to attend and stay in school. The progress has been...

New report on child albour and education

Child labour and education: progress, challenges and future directions

The global problems of child labour and out of school children come under renewed scrutiny during 2015 as the international community considers the emerging post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This review examines recent debates and...