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Zero tolerance for child labour, forced labour and human trafficking - Agenda

“The role of cooperatives in eliminating child labour” tool is now available in Spanish

Uzbekistan: Government and the UN Conclude the First Joint Programme of the Joint SDG Fund

The Government of Uzbekistan in partnership with the UN agencies concluded its first UN Joint Programme sponsored by the Joint SDG Fund. Three sister-agencies - the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and...

ILO releases documentary on slave labour with subtitles in English and Spanish

Film “Precisão” portrays the stories of six Brazilian workers rescued from working on conditions analogous to slavery

GB.344/POL/3

Update on preparations for the Fifth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

This document provides an overview of the progress made in the preparations for the Fifth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, to be hosted by the Government of South Africa in the week of 15–20 May 2022. The document provides...

Message at the Sectoral consultation with workers and employers for the development of the regional child labour action plan

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the at the Sectoral consultation with workers and employers for the development of the regional child labour action plan, 18 February 2022, Cotabato, Philippines

Alliance 8.7

The Netherlands becomes an Alliance 8.7 pathfinder country

The Netherlands recently became a pathfinder country for Alliance 8.7. ILO-Brussels interviewed Wilm Geurts, Director International Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands, about this new status.

Scoping study on Child Labour in Agriculture in South Africa

Proposed research

Child labour project in BARMM

Project fact sheet: Achieving reduction of worst forms of child labour in support of education: A programme to reduce worst forms of...

The ILO and the Government of Japan through the ILO-Japan Multi-bilateral Programme have partnered to reduce the worst forms of child labour in the agricultural communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

The ILO in action: Tackling child labour in the COVID era

Increasing public awareness on child labour is key to call for action and partnerships for delivering appropriate interventions for the prevention and elimination of child labour. Information and discussions on the issue has to reach all levels of...

With the support of the ILO, Mauritania bans hazardous child labour

In the framework of the MAP'16 project implemented in Mauritania and financed by USDOL (US Department of Labor) and in accordance with the provisions of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, the Mauritanian Ministry of Public...

Press Release

Supporting efforts in Fiji to return children back to school safely

ILO in partnership with the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation, Fiji Trade Union Congress and Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations are working together to support continued coordinated efforts in Fiji to see that every...

Child and forced labour

Burkina cotton producers adopt a strategic plan against child labour with the support of the CLEAR Cotton project

The National Union of Cotton Producers' Cooperative Societies of Burkina Faso (SCOOP-UNPCB) is involved in the fight against child and forced labour. Meeting from the 2nd to the 3rd December 2021 in Bobo Dioulasso, the elected representatives and...

Report

Emerging Good Practices in the Elimination of Child Labour in the Middle East and North Africa

This report identifies awareness-raising tools, particularly applicable to COVID-19 response, as well as follow-up recommendations for stakeholders.

Report

Ruwwad-ILO model of direct intervention on child labour in Jordan: Case study

This report presents a case study in the area of child labour based on projects implemented by Ruwwad, the Arab Foundation for Sustainable Development.

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 4: SSE and South-South and triangular cooperation

Regulations and content on addressing minor employees in fisheries for guild fishing vessel owners and fishermen

With support from ILO ENHANCE, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has produced a video to highlight the importance of preventing and eliminating child labour from production and processing activities among fishery...

New US Department of Labor funding to advance the fight against child labour, forced labour and human trafficking worldwide

Contribution of US$ 10 million supports ILO’s work to address the root causes of child labour, forced labour and human trafficking

Responsible Enterprises: Innovative Pathways to Child Labour Elimination

From 18 to 29 October 2021, fourty representatives among Governments, employers’ organizations, businesses, and workers’ organizations from Mali and Côte d’Ivoire engaged in a dialogue and capacity building training to discuss and learn about...

ILO 100th anniversary

2019 will mark the International Labour Organization’s 100th anniversary. This makes the ILO older than the United Nations, one of the oldest international organisations active and relevant today, and still unique in its tripartite structure.