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Child Labour
Rapid assessment of child labour in automobile repair workshops in Pakistan
Child labour in automobile repair workshops is widespread across Pakistan. The study explored the current situation of child labour in automobile repair workshops, elaborated the major push and pull factors, working conditions, effects on children's...
Child Labour
Rapid assessment of child labour in waste-picking in Pakistan
Substantial number of children and adolescents are involved in work, including hazardous work like waste-picking in Pakistan. As Pakistani cities generate increasing quantities of solid waste – due to high levels of population growth and rapid...
Child Labour
Assessing the capacity of law enforcement agencies to address child labour in Pakistan
This study assesses the capacities of national and provincial law enforcement agencies responsible for addressing child labour in Pakistan. With a view to ensure the relevance and responsiveness of a planned capacity building initiative, findings of...
Children paying a high price for engaging in work in Myanmar
Survey reveals poverty a main driver of child labour in Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State with dangerous work and long hours common.
Child labour
Assessment of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State: Executive summary
This assessment report, launched to mark the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2023, provides an in-depth picture of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State in Myanmar. It also maps current child protection and...
Child labour
Assessment of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State
This assessment report, launched to mark the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2023, provides an in-depth picture of child labour in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarwady Region and Kayin State in Myanmar. It also maps current child protection and...
ILO Voices | Child labour
The mica dust made me sick, I’m glad to be back at school
When Suman Kumari was 13 her father became ill and the family fell into debt. When COVID-19 hit and with creditors at the door, she joined her mother at her workplace processing mica, a mineral dust used in cosmetics, paints and electronics. An ILO...
Decent Work Country Programme IV (2023-2027)
Provincial Tripartite-plus Consultation - Karachi
Government, Workers, Employers and other stakeholders set out priorities for labour market for the next five years
Child labour
Child Labour in domestic work in Pakistan: A scoping study
Child labour in domestic work remains a widespread, but hidden, phenomenon worldwide. The qualitative study assessed the current situation of child labour in domestic work, elaborated the major push and pull factors, working conditions, effects on...
World Day Against Child Labour 2022
Call for Action: Accelerating efforts towards prevention and elimination of child labour
In commemoration of World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL), the ILO hosted a symposium under Asia Regional Child Labour (ARC) Project.
Our impact, their voices
Getting children out of labour and back to learning
The COVID-19 pandemic took millions of children, like Janny, out of school. The ILO helped them reconnect with their education, friends and future.
The Asia Regional Child Labour (ARCL) Programme (Project fact sheet)
Funded by Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, (UK), the ARCL Programme aims at assisting the ILO constituents and other stakeholders in Pakistan to eliminate child labour in particular the worst forms of child labour, which in turn...
Child labour
Asia Regional Child Labour Programme - Nepal
The Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC) aims to reduce vulnerability to child labour and enhance protection of children from exploitation in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan to contribute to the eradication of child...
ARC-AFG
Asia Regional Child Labour Programme - Afghanistan
The Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC) aims to reduce vulnerability to child labour and enhance protection of children from exploitation in Afghanistan to contribute to the eradication of child labour, particularly its worst forms.
Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (Myanmar)
The Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC) aims to reduce vulnerability to child labour and enhance protection of children from exploitation in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan to contribute to the eradication of child...
Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC)
The Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC) aims to reduce vulnerability to child labour and enhance protection of children from exploitation in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan to contribute to the eradication of child...
The Asia Regional Child Labour (ARC) Project
Funded by Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, (UK), the ARCL Programme aims at assisting the ILO constituents and other stakeholders in Pakistan to eliminate child labour in particular the worst forms of child labour, which in turn...