All resources: child labour + child workers

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

Conference report

5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour - Conference Report

Impact stories

From child labour and forced labour to dreams of a better future

Today, more than 160 million children are in child labour and 28 million people are in forced labour. What do they need? How do they feel? And who is helping them?

Child labour

Rapid assessment of child labour in auto mechanic workshops

Stakeholders’ Validation Workshop: Pakistan discussed new findings from a rapid assessment on child labour in auto mechanic repair.

Trade for Decent Work

Tripartite partners use animation to promote the revised Labour Law of Mongolia

With the support of "Trade for Decent Work" project funded by the European Union, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia creates animated videos to increase understanding of the revised Labour Law among the general public.

ILO participates and presents its approach to advancing cooperative engagement in supply chains in an ICETT online seminar

The online seminar on the role of cooperatives in repairing and restructuring global value chains took place on December 13th with the participation of the ILO, ITC and cooperative representatives from around the world.

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...

Policy Brief

Child labour and social protection in Nepal

This policy brief looks at the extent to which social protection is supporting the reduction and prevention of child labour in Nepal and provides recommendations on how to further leverage the national social protection system to better protect...

ECAM Launches Revised Employers Guide and Employers Code of Conduct on the Elimination of Child Labour

The International Labour Organization's ACCEL Africa Project supported 3rd Employer of the Year Awards and Gala Dinner 'Relevant skills for Business, towards improved competitiveness and productivity'.

Presentation: Labour inspection for the elimination of child labour - Mr. Virgilio Pires, Labour Inspector, General-Coordinator of...

Presentation: Modern/digital technologies for inspections

Workers' rights

STRATEGY: To promote freedom of association in the palm oil sector

This campaign strategy document is developed by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress with a view to promoting freedom of association in the palm oil sector, as well as increasing trade union membership among local and migrant workers in the sector in...

Presentation: Resel Melville, Project Coordinator, Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, ILO Caribbean...

Presentation: Labour Administration and Labour Inspection in Suriname, Mr. Ashwin Orie, Labour Inspection, Suriname

ACCEL Project Partners Unite to Combat Child Labor in Malawi: Sharing Knowledge and Results for a Better Future

ACCEL project partners in Malawi hosted a knowledge sharing workshop to showcase their initiatives to combat child labour and promote decent work for adults and children of working age. The workshop was a platform to identify gaps, shortages, and...

ILO and Field Stakeholders Evaluate 2022 Harvest Season

The activities during the harvest season of 2022 were evaluated under the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Türkiye Project

Taking Action to meet SDG Target 8.7 to end Child Labour by 2025: Building capacity for action on the ground in Trinidad and Tobago and in...

As active members supported by the ILO Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname have pressed forward with the implementation of national plans to prevent and eliminate child labour,...