All resources: child labour + child workers

Decent Work and Social Justice

2026 a year to deliver Decent Work at scale across East Africa

A defining year focused on turning commitments into measurable results strengthening labour rights, expanding opportunities for youth and women, embracing innovation, and advancing social justice through decent work across East Africa.

Training agricultural intermediaries strengthens the combat against child labour in seasonal agriculture in Türkiye

Through a training programme organized in Şanlıurfa, the ILO Office for Türkiye aims to raise awareness among agricultural labour intermediaries, strengthen efforts to combat child labour in seasonal agriculture, and promote responsible practices...

Child Labour in the Americas: Regional Technical Brief

This technical brief provides an overview of regional trends in child labour elimination, progress toward global commitments, policy responses, and persistent gaps across sectors.

Child labour in Asia and the Pacific: Regional technical brief

This technical brief provides an overview of regional trends in child labour elimination, progress toward global commitments, policy responses, and persistent gaps across subregions and sectors.

Child Labour in the Americas: Regional Technical Brief

This technical brief provides an overview of regional trends in child labour elimination, progress toward global commitments, policy responses, and persistent gaps across sectors.

Hazardous work on the road: ILO training helps combat worst form of child labour

16-year-old Mohamed transported hazardous materials for work, placing him in the worst form of child labour. With support from ILO trainings, he put that reality behind him and found more suitable work. Spearheading a dual approach to combatting...

Article

Between work and school: The struggle of children in Lebanon’s agricultural fields

The ILO, through the PROSPECTS partnership, is supporting Lebanese and Syrian children, families and communities to combat child labour across Lebanon’s agricultural areas.

Child labour

Strengthening coffee farming communities in Viet Nam to prevent child labour

When what seems normal can still carry child labour risks.

Child labour

Viet Nam marks 25 years of action to eliminate the worst forms of child labour

Viet Nam today commemorates 25 years since ratifying the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour - a landmark commitment to protect children from exploitation and uphold their rights.

Our impact, their story

How Oyefunde Bukola escaped child labour and found a future in Nigeria

After years of hardship and child labour, 20-year-old Oyefunde Bukola found a path forward through the ILO’s ACCEL Africa project. With training in makeup artistry and the support to begin her own work, she is reshaping her future with confidence...

Child Labour

Uganda steps up action against child labour

Hundreds of children in Kalungu District are being protected from child labour through a strengthened monitoring and remediation system led by local actors.

Press release

Indonesian companies pledge action against gender-based violence and harassment at work

Indonesian companies signed the Zero Tolerance for Gender-Based Violence and Harassment Pledge, supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Indonesia Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment (IBCWE).

Change agents at the heart of child labour prevention in Côte d’Ivoire

Community change agents are being strengthened in M’Batto, Côte d’Ivoire, under the ILO’s ACCEL Africa Phase 2 project financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, to promote financial inclusion, improve rural livelihoods, and...

Our impact, their story

How I found hope again: David’s journey out of child labour in Nigeria

From child labour to aspiring fashion designer, this is the story of how the ILO’s ACCEL Africa project helped 24-year-old David from Ondo State break free from farm work, learn a skill he loves, and reclaim hope for the future. This is his journey,...

Child labour

Trinidad and Tobago advances child labour policy with ILO support

The ILO participated in Trinidad and Tobago’s National Multipartite Stakeholder Consultation on 3 December 2025, supporting government, employers, and civil society in finalizing the national Child Labour Policy.

Newsletter

An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Türkiye”...

This newsletter provides information on the activities from May to August 2025 covering a 4-month period of the project “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in...

Child labour

Towards 2045: Indonesia expands efforts to safeguard children from labour exploitation

The ILO and its social partners continue to support the implementation and acceleration of Indonesia’s Child Labour‑Free Advanced Roadmap 2045.

Our impact, their story

From carrying firewood to carrying hope: Emmanuel’s journey out of child labour

At just 16, Emmanuel has lived a life far heavier than the firewood he once carried every morning. Forced into hazardous work as a child, he nearly lost his education and his hope, until support from the ILO's partners helped him find his voice,...

6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour (Morocco, 2026)

Outcome document of the Asia and the Pacific tripartite regional consultation on child labour

The Asia and the Pacific tripartite regional consultation in preparation of the Sixth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour was convened as part of the preparatory process for the Sixth Global Conference, to be hosted by the...

Child labour

A voice for the voiceless to end child labour

For many in the Bangsamoro region in the Philippines, childhood is not about play but survival in agricultural fields and conflict zones, which a young woman is determined to break.