All publications: child labour + child workers

ILO at work : Africa

Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been robust for many years, with GDP growth averaging 5 per cent. However, it has not been inclusive and has not been matched by employment creation. Africa’s population is growing faster than anywhere else,...

The ILO at Work: Development Results 2012-13

This review of ILO development results over the past two years reflects the changing nature of its operations and the growing recognition of the value of decent work. It showcases a sample of measurable results, success stories and good practices,...

Implementation Report 2014: IPEC action against child labour 2012-2013: Progress and future priorities

The ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) Implementation Report 2014 provides a summary of the work of the Programme during the biennium 2012-2013. It also provides an overview of significant developments during the...

Accelerating Action Against Child Labour in Africa – Building on experience and results

Building momentum to facilitate and support national responses to child labour in Africa.

Viet Nam National Child Labour Survey 2012 - Report

The Viet Nam's General Statistics Office (GSO), with technical support from ILO-IPEC, conducted a National Child Labour Survey (NCLS) in 2012 to establish a national child labour database and contribute to the global target of eliminating the worst...

The twin challenges of child labour and educational marginalisation in the South-East and East Asia region: An overview

In view of the measurement challenges, and in order to facilitate cross-country comparisons, the Report uses two methods to approximate child labour. It first presents child labour estimates based on the methodology employed by ILO in its global...

Haiti: Protecting children from child labour during the early recovery phase - (Final Evaluation Summary)

TC/Code Project: HAI/10/02/USA Consultants: Philip Boyle et Macimala Roy

Good Practice Report : Eliminating the worst forms of Child Labour and strengthening sub-regional cooperation through ECOWAS

Good practices in the fight against the worst forms of child labour and capitalizing on regional cooperation to strengthen the effort.

Forced labour

Online discussion report: Eradicating forced and child labour from the supply chains: How to institute real change?

The AP-Forced Labour Net hosted an online discussion forum on Eradicating Forced and Child Labour from the Supply Chains: How to Institute Real Change? from 1 to 12 September 2014.

Eliminating the W worst forms of child labour in West Africa and strengthening sub-regional cooperation through ECOWAS I and II – (Final...

Projects: RAF/09/51/USA, RAF/10/53/USA

Findings of the follow-up study on former child labourers trained on entrepreneurship and apprenticeship - The cases of Kisumu and Nairobi...

This study sought to find out if there was any added advantage that entrepreneurship skills training had on the trainees and it compares post training progression between trainees who had received entrepreneurship training to those who in addition...

TOOLS FOR RESEARCHING DOMESTIC WORK

ILO survey on domestic workers: preliminary guidelines

Reducing the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Tobacco-Growing Communities in Brazil, Malawi and Zambia

Brazil, Malawi and Zambia are among the largest producers of tobacco worldwide. A combination of factors, however, such as the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, cultural acceptance of child labour, and the accepted distribution and use of land, have...

A partnership to combat child labour in the chocolate and cocoa industry

This partnership in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire between the ILO and a number of companies in the chocolate and confectionery industry seeks to eliminate child labour and to ensure workforce continuity in cocoa growing farms by younger generations. The...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour join forces to...

The partnership connects the 40 million-strong Scout Movement with the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), in particular with its Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media programme...

The Latin American Network to Combat Child Labour: Public-Private Partnership

The partnership between Fundación Telefónica and the ILO strives to create a regional alliance to more efficiently combat child labour in Latin America through strengthening of institutions, providing the required tools to disseminate good practices...

New report addresses twin challenges of child labour and youth employment in Lao PDR

This report examines the related issues of child labour and youth employment in Laos. Guided by observed outcomes in terms of schooling, work activities and status in the labour market, the report considers the economic as well as the social...

National Child Labour Survey

Viet Nam National Child Labour Survey 2012 - Main Findings

This is the first national child labour survey in Viet Nam. With ILO technical support, the survey of 50,640 households was carried out by the General Statistical Office and the report was prepared by the Institute for Labour Sciences and Social...

Report on National Child Labour in Sierra Leone 2011

Support to the partnership programme to prevent and eliminate child labour in the Americas (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project RLA/09/53/BRA - Consultants: Gunter Rochow, team leader, Claudia Marcondes y Rafael del Cid, miembros del equipo Capra International Inc.