Child Labour resources

March 2010

  1. New ILO project to eliminate child labour and its worst forms in Viet Nam

    The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), ILO and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) today launched a 2.5-million-Euro Project of Support to the Design and Implementation of National Programmes on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Viet Nam.

  2. Employment policy, social protection needed to help Cambodian garment workers recover from impacts of economic downturn

    (ILO, Phnom Penh) On the surface, those garment workers who were not laid off as a result of the economic downturn should be considered lucky. But new data from an ILO led survey shows that even those who kept their jobs were not left unscathed – many have had their salaries significantly reduced and now struggle to cover basic living costs.

  3. ILO IPEC receives the Sahametrei Sena Medal for its contribution towards ending child labour in Cambodia

    (ILO Cambodia) The Royal Government of Cambodia conferred the Sahametrei Sena Medal on Mr. MP Joseph, Chief Technical Advisor of IPEC’s Time Bound Programme Support Project in recognition of the ILO’s work in the area of child labour in Cambodia.

  4. Crafting coherent policy responses to the crisis in the Philippines

    The paper assesses if and how results have been achieved, so far and whether these can provide lessons or models for other countries in providing a strategic and coherent response to the global crisis.

  5. Global transmission mechanisms and local policy responses Philippine cases

    The study documents and analyzes locally-initiated and locally-implemented policy responses to the crisis particularly in the following areas, among others: enhancing employment and skills; local resource based infrastructure; and social assistance and social protection. The study draws attention to the extent of the impact of the crisis in the locality, including the processes behind the conceptualization of the policy response and partnerships built between the national government and private sector.

  6. The Philippine labour market in the aftermath of another crisis

February 2010

  1. Working children in Indonesia 2009

    The 2009 Indonesia Child Labour Survey (ICLS) was a sub-sample of and integrated in the 2009 National Labour Force Survey, or Sakernas.

  2. Workshop on Conditional Cash Transfers as a Means of Promoting Education, Reducing Child Labour and Eliminating Its Worst Forms

    A technical discussion on the role of conditional cash transfers in the context of education and child labour. It aims to develop a strategy paper outlining potential conditionality and enforcement mechanisms, as well as challenges for monitoring and implementation.

December 2009

  1. Seminar on Awareness-Raising of the ILO Child Labour Conventions: No. 182 Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour, and No. 138 Minimum Age

    The seminar will raise the level of awareness among participants on the content and requirements of the Conventions, as well as supervisory process, and make connections to policy issues in China. Participants will become more familiar with strategies in China that reduce child labour. In addition, relevant international experiences and strategies will be shared as partners discuss their future plans.

November 2009

  1. ILO/Aoyama Gakuin University Lecture Series 2009: Child Labour (2) - Activities of Japanese NGOs

    For the second year the ILO and Aoyama Gakuin University are co-organising a series of lectures around the theme of Decent Work. A series of 13 lectures is planned between 24 September 2009 and 14 January 2010. Each of the 90 minute lectures will be given by a distinguished expert in the field, drawn from the ILO's HQ in Geneva, from the ILO's Regional Headquarters in Bangkok, or in Japan. The aim of the lecture series is to encourage recognition of the ILO's activities in the world of work, to increase understanding of international labour-related problems, and to strengthen the relationship between the ILO and academia.