All publications: child labour + child workers

Rooting out child labour from cocoa farms

This series of papers synthesize the knowledge and experiences acquired from implementation of the ILO-IPEC technical assistance programme to combat hazardous and exploitative child labour in cocoa and commercial agriculture in West Africa (WACAP)...

Project of Support to the National Time Bound Programme on the Worst Forms of Child Labour Pakistan- Mid term Evaluation (2007)

This is the report from the mid term evaluation of the project commissioned by the ILO in 2007.

Child trafficking: The ILO's response through IPEC

A concise overview of the problem of child trafficking, its causes and the factors that make children vulnerable to becoming its victims. This briefing note also describes the experience and lessons learned of the ILO and its partners in combatting...

Training manual

Rooting out child labour from cocoa farms - A Manual for training education practitioners: Ghana

This manual was produced under ILO-IPEC project WACAP, which was implemented in Cameroon, Côte d¿Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria (2002-2006).It is a training course for education practitioners who are working to make education inclusive for...

PeaceWaves Kids' Guernica canvases on child labour

The PeaceWaves Kids¿ Guernica project engages young people in educational activities leading to the creation of giant canvases (7.80m x 3.50m) on issues related to peace. Within the framework of the IPEC ¿ PeaceWaves¿ partnership, child labour has...

Support to the Proposed National Sub-programme to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Mongolia: Time-Bound Measures (Mid-Term...

CAR Capacity Building Project: Regional programme on the worst forms of child labour and Combating the worst forms of child labour in...

Module for guidance and counselling for prevention of the worst forms of child labor and child trafficking for SMP/Package B Students (in...

ILO commends the Indonesian Teachers’ Association (PGRI) of Sukabumi District Branch which, with full support from the District Office of Education, has developed this teaching module and applied the module in some SMPs in the District.

Combating child labour in the carpet industry in Pakistan (Phase II) (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project PAK/02/50/USA

Good practices

Enhancing social protection to alleviate HIV/AIDS induced child labour: Experiences from Uganda (Paper 11)

Given the previous research done in the ILO-IPEC HIV/AIDS and child labour series, and based on experiences in Uganda, this study addresses the challenge of providing social protection to mitigate the phenomenon of HIV/AIDS induced child labour.

Mapping of duty bearers and stakeholders for partnerships and social mobilisation for the elimination of child labour

This study is a review of agencies engaged in child labour related activities. This report identifies existing and potential partners working in the area of child labour, provides an overview of the programmes of these state, international/regional...

Knowledge-based mapping and review of child labour information in Sri Lanka

This is a study of the status and availability of knowledge and information with regards to child labour in Sri Lanka

National Child Labour Survey

Working children in Azerbaijan: The analysis of the National Child Labour Survey (NCLS) and the Labouring Children Survey (LCS) of 2005

The aim of this report is to analyze the incidence and nature of child labor in Azerbaijan as well as its determinants and its consequences on child well-being with regard to schooling and health. The data used in this study come from the Child...

ILO-UNICEF-World Bank

Measuring child labour: Discussion note for country consultation in Bangladesh

This note discusses some of the issues arising when attempting to define a statistical standard for child labour in the specific context of Bangladesh. It aims to give an overview of the measurement challenges encountered, of the empirical and...

Prevention and eradication of domestic child labour and commercial sexual exploitation in Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru (Final...

Project RLA/04/54/USA

Country Programme to Combat Child Labour in Malawi (Mid-Term Evaluation Summary)

National programme for the prevention and elimination of child labour in Jordan (Final Evaluation Summary)

Child labour, education of the workers' children, aid scheme, and school committee: trade union's views (In Bahasa Indonesia)

Trade unions have an important role to overcome child labours' problems, mainly by helping the members to get information and access to education for their children.

List of SIMPOC assisted national child labour surveys

List of SIMPOC assisted national child labour surveys

The worldwide movement against child labour. Progress and future directions

This study provides the first systematic analysis of the worldwide movement against child labour. It argues that the intellectual and policy frameworks first articulated by the ILO in the 1980s remain important departure points for developing a more...