All resources: child labour + child workers

Uganda - Engagement of the Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) in the fight against child labour

This practice stresses the importance of engaging employers at different levels and through varying tools and means in accelerating action against child labour.

Mali - The Accelerated Schooling Strategy - Passerelle (SSAP)

The accelerated schooling programme in Mali provides boys and girls in remote areas, school dropouts or who have no access to schools, a second chance to enrol or re-enrol in education. It provides equal chances and accessibility for both boys and...

Malawi - The engagement of sector associations in the fight against child labour at local community levels in the lower tiers of tea and...

Sector associations in Malawi have played a significant role in the fight against child labour and at different levels. A good example under the ACCEL Africa project is the Tea Association of Malawi (TAML), which operates under the umbrella of the...

Côte d’Ivoire - Extending universal health insurance coverage to cocoa farming communities.

This good practice highlights how to find innovative solutions to seek health insurance coverage: first, through identifying already existing government institutions and programmes that provide these services; and second, by allocating appropriate...

Nigeria - Sustainable multi-stakeholder governance bodies in place and operational to ensure the appropriate implementation of policies...

ACCEL Africa project’s work in Nigeria led to the second national Action Plan, validated in April 2021. As a result, governance bodies and mechanisms have been built and strengthened at both horizontal and vertical levels.

Egypt - GET Ahead: Improving financial outcomes for workers in the cotton value chain through multi-sectoral partnerships, training and...

Improving cotton farmers’ economic outcomes requires strong partnerships to ensure a synergetic response, low cost and high impact. Aware of this, the ILO ACCEL Africa project partnered with the ILO’s Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme...

Egypt - Dual Education Model: Promoting, a smooth school-to-decent work transition for children of legal working age.

Under the leadership of the MOETE, the ACCEL Africa project and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) worked on the enhancement of the Egyptian Dual Education System (DES) through a multidimensional approach, which included...

Côte d’Ivoire - The WIND approach and strategic interventions on labour inspection: Improving working and living conditions through local...

This good practice shows that improvements in OSH in cocoa supply chains through can lead to the better health conditions and therefore better attendance and productivity at work, and lower incidence of child labour.

Nigeria - Community funds and communal support for direct action against child labour

Community funding initiatives are crucial to the sustainability of the project results and have the potential to serve to build ownership and support the implementation of exit strategies.

Mali - Enhancing farmers’ knowledge on child labour and increasing access to financial services through women’s groups.

Digital platforms and digital awareness raising on child labour and financial education are a highly innovative and effective means to address one of the major root causes of child labour: poverty.

Malawi - Anti-child-labour clubs as part of a national educational and communal strategy against child labour

The Ministry of Education in Malawi has endorsed what is referred to as “anti-child-labour clubs” within community primary schools as strategies for the prevention of child labour and overall child protection. These clubs were created through ACCEL...

ILO delivers Training for Agricultural Intermediaries in Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman and Diyarbakır

Training sessions inform agricultural labour intermediaries as significant actors in combating child labour.

Knowledge-needs assessment reveals urgent action is needed to continue to combat child labour in Egypt and highlighted partnership...

A comprehensive knowledge needs assessment conducted by ACCEL Africa in Egypt revealed a series of urgent actions needed to combat child labour in the country.

ILO supports Egypt's fifth national steering committee meeting on worst forms of child labour

Implementing the National Action Plan (NAP) and full coordination with the ILO in its mid-term evaluation is essential as it helps identify strengths and weaknesses with recommendations that contribute to better planning of future activities, Mrs....

Child labour in Kosovo: An enquiry into the causes and impact of child labour

This report provides a descriptive overview of the prevalence, determinants and effects of child labour based on descriptive and regression analysis of Kosovo’s 2019-2020 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS).

Good Practices: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains

ACCEL Africa documented 14 good practices in the fight against child labour, which emerged from the ACCEL Africa project implementation in 6 countries: Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda. Hayat Osseiran, International Consultant,...

SCORE – Opportunities for Improving productivity, sustainability and job quality in SMEs

In 2019, a short course of the Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme was implemented in Tanzania in collaboration with the Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) as the implementation partner and host. Have a look at...

Child labour

ACCEL Africa partners unite to share vital knowledge on combating child labour in Cocoa and Gold Mining value chains in Cote d’Ivoire

The objectives of the knowledge sharing event were to review the project's interventions, share knowledge, lessons, best practices, and challenges related to the implementation of the ACCEL Africa project, and develop roadmaps and recommendations.

Due Diligence training to eliminate child labour in Uganda

Through the training, participants were able to reflect on the specific challenges that they face and learned how to use different practical tools to implement in practice the different steps in a child labour due diligence process by which...

ILO at a Glance for Zambia

The ILO at a Glance for Zambia gives brief insight of ILO intervention in the country