All publications: child labour + child workers

ILO-IPEC Contributions to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Kazakhstan 2005-2013

ILO-IPEC contributions to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Tajikistan 2005-2013

Tajikistan is among the countries in Central Asia that are seriously affected by the worst forms of child labour. According to this survey, child labour is used mainly in agriculture (98 per cent), in trade (0.9 per cent), in the processing industry...

Policy Brief

Child Labour and Protection in the occupied Palestinian territory

The objective of this policy brief is to highlight the main findings of a desk review conducted by the International Labour Organization on child labour in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).

Youth employment model for children of legal working age

This report evaluates the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency Programmes with view to identifying the opportunities for LEC. It also presents a core model dubbed Smiling Youth Initiative to address the problem of youth unemployment for...

Stop child labour in agriculture: Contribution to the prevention and elimination of child labour in Mexico (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: MEX/09/50/USA - Consultants: Emma Lucía Rotondo (leader) & Pilar Campos (national)

Follow-up to the Brasilia Declaration on Child Labour

This paper: (a) reports on the III Global Conference on Child Labour, held in Brasilia from 8 to 10 October 2013, and its key outcomes; (b) proposes the endorsement of the main Conference outcome document (the Brasilia Declaration on Child Labour)...

Training guide

Skills and livelihoods training – A guide for partners in child labour projects

This Guide is intended to support individuals and organizations providing skills and livelihoods training for older children through child labour projects.

Philippines - 2011 Survey on children 5 to 17 years old - Final report

This 2011 SOC Report presents information on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the working c hildrend aged 5 to 17 years as well as some information on the households they belonged to. lt presents survey findings about child...

Stop child labour in agriculture: Contribution to the prevention and elimination of child labour in Mexico (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: MEX/09/50/USA Evaluation Consultants: Emma Lucía Rotondo (leader) & Pilar Campos (national)

Impact of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on child labour

This study examines the incidence of child labour under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which does not allow for the employment of a person below 18 years of age.

Implementation of the decent work agenda in West Africa : results of activities of the Decent Work Technical Support Team

This report presents the achievements of the Decent Work Technical support team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo...

Implementation of the decent work agenda in West Africa : results of activities of the Decent Work Technical Support Team

This report presents the achievements of the Decent Work Technical support team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo...

Child Domestic Workers (CDW) in Indonesia: Case studies of Jakarta and greater areas

Baseline survey in cocoa-growing districts in Ghana - Household Survey Report

The task of the baseline survey was to assess child labour in agriculture in Ghana, focusing particularly on cocoa, and with the aim to provide information that will contribute to the prevention and elimination in Ghana.

Child migration, child trafficking and child labour in India

This study is an attempt to make an in‐depth enquiry into the phenomenon of child migration and trafficking of children in India, with poor children most frequently becoming child labourers, often under the most hazardous and exploitative...

Combating Abusive Child Labour II (CACL II) (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: PAK/08/03/EEC Evaluation Consultant: Mei Zegers

Focus on child and adolescent domestic workers in Delhi and Ranchi, India

This study offers a more textured and nuanced understanding of the differences between the younger and older children regarding how they experience and perceive domestic work.

Report of the Working Party on the Functioning of the Governing Body and the International Labour Conference: Oral report of the...

Cambodia Labour Force and Child labour Survey 2012: Labour Force Report

This report on the Cambodia Labour Force and Child Labour Survey 2012 was produced by staff at the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) with assistance from the International Labour Organization. The report presents the characteristics of the...

NCLS report

Cambodia Labour Force and Child labour Survey 2012: Labour Force Report

This report presents the characteristics of the labour force, employment, unemployment and some decent work indicators. The information provides a good picture of the labour force and employment situation in Cambodia.