All resources: child labour + child workers

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.

Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

ILO head warns that there are still 152 million victims of child labour

In his opening speech to the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, the ILO Director-General acknowledged the progress achieved in the past 20 years, but warned that there is still a long way to go in order to eradicate...

First edition (2017)

Ending child labour by 2025: A review of policies and programmes

The international community has declared that the persistence of child labour in today’s world is unacceptable and, in the Sustainable Development Goals, has renewed its commitment to eliminating all forms of child labour by 2025. This report aims...

IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Buenos Aires Global Conference - Thematic Agenda

Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

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...

ILO opens new centre to combat child labour in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon

New initiative is one in a series of pioneering centres the ILO and its partners are establishing in a nationwide effort to step up the fight against child labour in Lebanon.

Media advisory

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder to attend child labour conference in Buenos Aires

Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Media Package: IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Argentina to host the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

The international meeting will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 14-16 November and will address the consolidation of the global commitment to the eradication of child labour. Governments, employers’ and workers’ representatives from 193...

ILO calls Commonwealth Youth to support the fight against forced labour and child labour

Eliminating child labour in El Salvador through economic empowerment and social inclusion – Final Evaluation Summary

Evaluation consultants: Mauricio García Moreno (team leader) and Silvia Rubio (team member)

PROMOTE: Decent work for domestic workers to end child domestic work - Final Joint Independent Evaluation Summary

Evaluation consultants: Ruth Bowen (ILO consultant) and Mei Zegers (USDOL consultant)

Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour

Accreditation open for the Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Argentina

“Festival Meetings 2017” concert series raising awareness about child labour

In support of the Music Against Child Labour Initiative, Milano Classica, in collaboration with the Milan network of middle schools specialising in music (SMIM), organised the third edition of the “Festival Meetings.” 12 concerts involving over 20...

Good Practice

Public-Private partnership (PPP) between the chocolate and cocoa industry and the ILO in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire - Final Evaluation

Good Practice

Preventing trafficking in girls and young women for labour exploitation within China (CP-Ting Phase I) - Final Evaluation

Good Practice

Combating hazardous and exploitative child labour in surgical instruments manufacturing through prevention, withdrawal and rehabilitation -...

How International labour standards help ensure rights of all workers

Miranda Fajerman, Specialist on International Labour Standards calls on legislative responses and political commitment to tackle structural discrimination and inequality.

Modern Slavery and Child Labour

ILO to host Facebook Live Session on 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery and Child Labour

Trade unions and producer organizations join forces to tackle child labour in agriculture

In September 2017 over 20 representatives of rural workers’ trade unions, national trade union centres, and small producers’ organizations, including cooperatives, from 13 countries in Africa convened in Ghana. The purpose of the workshop was to...