All resources: child labour + child workers

Giving child labourers a voice through music

Thousands of children in Lebanon are engaged in child labour – many in some of its worst forms. The ILO and Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour teamed up with renowned conductor and choirmaster Selim Sahab, together setting up a special choir to empower...

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Activities to eliminate child labour in seasonal hazelnut harvesting discussed in a stakeholders meeting

Activities carried out to eliminate child labour in hazelnut harvesting season of 2017 and implementation of relevant legislative arrangements were discussed in a meeting participated by national and local stakeholders

Child Labour Statistics

Ukraine: National Child Labour Survey 2014-2015 - Analytical Report

This report contains the results of the survey on child labour in Ukraine conducted by the Ukrainian Centre for Social Reforms, State Statistics Service of Ukraine and the Centre «Social Monitoring» with the technical assistance of the ILO.

Child labour and forced labour

Uzbekistan ends systematic use of child labour and takes measures to end forced labour

An ILO team monitoring the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has found that child labour is no longer systematically used and that measures are being taken to end the use of forced labour. These conclusions were discussed at a roundtable in Tashkent.

Barbados joins Regional Initiative - Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour

Global Action Program (GAP) on child labour issues - Final evaluation Summary

Evaluation consultants: Smita Premchander (team leader), Clara Ariza

Cooperating out of child labour in Malawi

In Malawi child labour is a persistent challenge. The recent estimates show that more than 2.1 million children, or about 38 per cent of Malawian children, continue to be involved in child labour. Most of these children are employed in the...

ILO and UNICEF join forces to tackle child labour in Syria

Both UN agencies stress the importance of integrating efforts against child labour in the early stages of rehabilitating livelihoods in communities that have suffered from conflict, displacement and other crisis situations.

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ILO proposes policies to end child labour by 2025

A new ILO report says improving legal protections, labour market governance, social protections, access to quality education and social dialogue between governments, the social partners and other stakeholders are critical aspects in battling child...

Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

The international community agrees to redouble efforts to fight against child labour and forced labour

The three-day IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour concluded with the adoption of the Buenos Aires Declaration which spells out principles and actions to be taken. During the meeting, delegates presented almost 100...

Modern slavery and child labour: Asia’s unacceptable record

62 per cent of the victims of modern slavery and 40 per cent of the child labourers around the world are in Asia and the Pacific. Unacceptable forms of work call for unprecedented measures to combat them, says Tomoko Nishimoto, ILO Assistant...

IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Youth Support and Commitment to the Buenos Aires Declaration

IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Buenos Aires Global Conference - Pledges

IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Buenos Aires Declaration on Child Labour, Forced Labour and Youth Employment

Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

The international community agrees to redouble efforts to fight against child labour and forced labour

The three-day IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour concluded with the adoption of the Buenos Aires Declaration which spells out principles and actions to be taken. During the meeting, delegates presented almost 100...

2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery - Asia and the Pacific Regional Brief

This brief summarises key results from the 2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery for the Asia and the Pacific region

2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery - Arab States Regional Brief

This brief summarises key results from the 2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery for the Arab States region

2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery - Americas Regional Brief

This brief summarises key results from the 2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery for the Americas region

2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery - Africa Regional Brief

This brief summarises key results from the 2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery for the Africa region

Meetings in Tashkent

Discussions were held in Tashkent on 14th of November between the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations of Uzbekistan, Aktam Khaitov, and ILO Senior International Labour Standards and Labour Law Specialist, Lejo Sibbel.