All resources: child labour + child workers

Advancing human rights at work – A reflection of year 2016

ILO Tanzania has continued focusing on bringing the positive impact to the community in different areas; this include supporting the Government to protect the most vulnerable groups in our communities as part of initiative to fostering the human...

Optimizing compliance with child labour legislation through strategic collaboration of labour inspection and child labour monitoring...

Labour inspectorates, together with other public institutions and in collaboration with social partners, have long been active in addressing child labour and its worst forms through the combined use of advisory and enforcement actions. Despite these...

Child Labour Platform Bulletin - December 2016

Child Labour in Emergencies: Introducing the New Interagency Toolkit

The Toolkit, produced by the Child Labour Task Force, co-chaired by Plan International and the ILO, was launched in November 2016 during the Annual Meeting of the Alliance in Geneva.

Child labour and forced labour

2016 Third-party monitoring of measures against child labour and forced labour during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

This report has been prepared by the ILO at the request of the World Bank for the third party monitoring of the World Bank-financed projects in agriculture, water and education sectors in Uzbekistan. The ILO is grateful for the cooperation of the...

ILO’s Decent Work Programne makes progress in Uzbekistan

Amid encouraging labour rights trends in Uzbekistan, the ILO has broadened its commitment to improve decent work and social justice in the country.

Toward a better estimation of total population of domestic workers in Indonesia

The study is mainly about the estimation of total population of domestic workers (DWs) in Indonesia using data of Survey Angkatan Kerja Nasional (Sakernas) or the National Labour Force Survey, a regular survey conducted by the National Statistical...

Protection of domestic workers

Improving domestic workers’ job quality and standards

When learning that she passed the certification examination by the Profession Certification Agency, Misni, a domestic worker from Pandanwangi, East Java, could not hide her excitement. After more than 14 years working as domestic worker, she has...

New ILO Project Presented at Tripartite Committee Meeting in Tajikistan

On 25 January 2017, the National Tripartite Committee for Decent Work met to hear a presentation of a new ILO Technical Cooperation Project “Combating Child Labour in Human Trafficking in Central Asia”, financed by the Government of Federal Republic...

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Labour Creates Telegram Sticker Pack to Prevent Child Labour

The Ministry of Labour of Uzbekistan has launched a new Telegram sticker pack to facilitate detection and reporting of child labour and forced labour.

ILO Syria Crisis Response Strategy (Update: January 2017)

Within the framework of the Regional Refugee Response and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees. The ILO strategy builds on its core mandate to...

Strengthening Labour Governance in MSMEs and Supporting the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy in Africa - Factsheet

The project “Strengthening Labour Governance in MSMEs and Supporting the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy” (GOVERNNANCE project) aims at supporting Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs), including in the informal...

Thematic page on the cooperative, social and solidarity economy

SSE: Child labour

Cooperatives, as democratic member-led businesses, help bring about changes in the way work is organized and how wealth is distributed -- both important steps in helping bring about an end to child labour. In terms of sectors, cooperatives are...

Child labour

Lebanon seeks to adopt code of conduct and coordination mechanism to address working street children

Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces, non-governmental organizations, Ministries of Labour and of Social Affairs organizations have developed a draft code of conduct and coordination mechanism to facilitate better coordination and methodologies to...

Child labour

Philippines bolsters fight against child labour

The Philippines ushers in the New Year with programmes to intensify its fight against child labour. These initiatives include a first comprehensive project on child labour with set up of helpdesks, a new project on child labour in gold mining, and a...

Child labour

Opening address at the One with the children in ending child labour (Makiisa para sa #1MBatangMalaya)

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the One with the children in ending child labour (Makiisa para sa #1MBatangMalaya), Quezon City, 12 January 2017

Child Labour

A rapid assessment of children working on the streets, in the informal sector and in the worst forms of child labour In Fiji: 2015-2016

In 2015, the TACKLE project conducted a Rapid Assessment on Child Labour in Fiji. The objectives were to identify children in child labour and particularly the worst forms of child labour and the trends and gaps in addressing child labour issues....

Compilation of regulations and references on domestic workers: Pocket book (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Contains regulations, ILO Convention, decrees of the Minister of Manpower, infographics and useful references on domestic workers.

Prevention and elimination of child domestic child domestic workers at school: Guidelines for educators (in Bahasa Indonesia)

It is important for educators to understand the issue of child domestic workers because of the role of educators in schools which is expected to prevent students dropping out of school and working as domestic workers.

Child labour

How to prevent child labor in Vietnam?