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6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

Marrakech Global Framework for Action against Child Labour

The 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour adopted the Marrakech Global Framework for Action, calling for scaled-up implementation to accelerate progress. The Framework reinforces global commitments and strengthens policies,...

Climate Cocoa Project

Climate Cocoa Project: Results at a Glance

Discover how the Climate Cocoa Project supported cocoa-growing communities in Ghana to eliminate child labour while promoting climate resilience through strengthened child protection systems and climate-smart biochar technology.

CLEAR Supply Chains Project

Honduras' coffee sector strengthens its capacity to implement due diligence and prevent child labour

El Proyecto CLEAR Supply Chains liderado por la OIT está empoderando a empresas y cooperativas del sector café de Honduras para prevenir el trabajo infantil con estrategias concretas a implementar a lo largo de la cadena de suministro.

Voices from Mali at the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

From classrooms to supply chains, Mali’s tripartite delegation reflects on solutions to end child labour, sharing concrete results and renewed commitments from the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour.

Addressing the Income–Child Labour–Gender Nexus in Global Value Chains

Why higher income doesn’t always reduce child labour: key findings and solutions from global experts on tackling the income–gender–child labour nexus in supply chains.

Gender and child labour: ACCEL Africa’s Gender Lab at the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

At the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, ACCEL Africa contributed an interactive Gender Lab designed to highlight how gender inequalities shape child labour and access to opportunity.

Ghana’s experience offers a pathway to ending child labour at scale

How can efforts to eliminate child labour move beyond isolated projects and deliver sustainable results at scale? - This question was at the centre of a global webinar held during the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, where...

Stepping into the cocoa fields at the Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

At the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, delegates did not just discuss solutions, they experienced them, through an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) film produced by ACCEL Africa.

Marrakech Global Framework for Action urges scaled implementation to end child labour

The framework, adopted at the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, aims to accelerate progress and reaffirms the importance of prioritizing the elimination of child labour in international sustainable development frameworks.

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Child labour in Lebanon’s agricultural sector: Stories from Syrian refugee families

Filmed in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, this video documents the realities of child labour in the agricultural sector among Syrian refugee families. Through testimonies from children, parents and the ILO, it highlights the pressures that push children...

ILO launches "Child Labour Observatory", a new global hub to support evidence-based action

The new Child Labour Observatory (CLO) provides centralized country-level data, legal information and policy frameworks to support evidence-based action and accelerate progress towards the elimination of child labour worldwide.

This is social justice

From child labourer to skills trainer in the Philippines

As a child, Jestoni Go Padua worked making shoes to support his family. Jestoni recounts how he became a school instructor and now helps young people build skills for a better future and decent work.

Voices of Action - Child labour

A library in Argentina protects children from labour in informal settlements

Located near a waste-picking area in José León Suárez, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, a community library offers books, care, and a safe alternative to the streets and child labour.

Voices of Action - Child labour

In Peru, a mother’s decent job becomes her daughter’s path out of child labour

Guadalupe, a 15-year-old girl from Lima, managed to move away from child labour, a reality that still affects more than 600,000 children in Peru. Her story shows how the ILO’s strategies, from promoting decent work for adults to strengthening...

Our impact, their story

From child labour to skilled work: Orifa Taiwo’s journey

Forced to drop out of school at the age of ten, Orifa Taiwo spent his childhood working on farms to help his family survive. Today, he is a tailor with his own shop and a renewed sense of purpose. In this first-person story, Orifa shares how the...

Voices of Action - Child labour

Farm work threatens Egyptian boy’s dream of becoming an engineer

Every dawn, 14‑year‑old Islam heads to the fields in rural Egypt to help feed his family. The long hours of agricultural labour leave him exhausted in the classroom and push him further from his dream of becoming an engineer — a dream he refuses to...

ILO certifies new cooperative trainers to strengthen livelihoods and tackle child labour in Nigeria

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the ACCEL Africa project, has certified a new cohort of cooperative trainers across Ondo, Osun, and Niger States. The initiative is set to enhance cooperative performance, improve livelihoods, and...

Nigeria strengthens capacity to analyse child labour data using Labour Force Survey evidence

A ten-day workshop in Nigeria strengthened national capacity to analyse child labour data using annual Nigeria Labour Force Survey data. Supported by the EU-funded FMM (West Africa) II Project and co-implemented by the ILO, the workshop was held in...

CLEAR Supply Chains Project

European Union highlights that complementarity between implementing agencies has been key to advancing towards more responsible supply...

Representatives of the European Union Delegation in Honduras carried out a follow-up mission in the departments of Copán, Lempira, and Intibucá to assess the progress of the CLEAR Supply Chains Project, an initiative co-financed by the European...

Voices of Action - Child labour

Tourism boom exposes child labour risks in Viet Nam’s northern highlands

Children from ethnic minority communities like 13-year-old Phang Ca work on perilous trails popularized by adventure tourism to help support their families.