eLearning Tools on Child Labour

  1. eLearning tools on child labour

    The eLearning tools are designed to help to better understand what child labour is and the key role ILO stakeholders can play.

Child Labour

  1. ILO celebrates the universal ratification of Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour

  2. Marking its universal ratification, ITUC extols the importance of ILO Convention No. 182

  3. IOE congratulates the ILO and the international community on the universal ratification of C182

  4. Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi celebrates the universal ratification of ILO Convention No.182

  5. Millions of children across the globe continue to be exploited

News

  1. © Jake Brewer 2021

    Child labour

    2021: International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour

    15 January 2021

  2. © ILO 2021

    Q&A

    Universal protection against the worst forms of child labour

    23 December 2020

  3. Article

    New partnership between the Government of Norway and the International Labour Organization to improve working conditions in Malawi’s tobacco sector

    08 December 2020

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  1. 2017 Global Estimates of Child labour

    Results and trends, 2012-2016

    The report charts how far we have come and how far we still have to go to honour the commitment to end child labour. It also discusses key policy priorities in the campaign to reach the 2025 target. The report, and the global estimation exercise that underpins it, form part of a broader inter-agency effort under Alliance 8.7 to measure and monitor progress towards target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals.

  2. World Report

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

    The latest Global Estimates indicate that 152 million children — 64 million girls and 88 million boys — are in child labour globally, accounting for almost one in 10 of all children worldwide. How can the world community get firmly on track toward eliminating child labour? This report points the way with policy approaches and responses.

  3. Report

    Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains

    The report presents research findings and recommendations on child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains. Jointly authored by the ILO, OECD, IOM and UNICEF under the aegis of Alliance 8.7, the report also represents the first ever attempt to measure these human rights abuses and violations on a large scale.

Publications

  1. Publication

    IPEC+ Global Flagship Programme Implementation

    03 July 2020

  2. COVID-19

    COVID-19 impact on child labour and forced labour: The response of the IPEC+ Flagship Programme

    20 May 2020

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Events

  1. Launch event for the 2021 International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour

    21 January 2021

A mobile application against child labour

  1. Eliminating and preventing child labour: Checkpoints for Companies

    This app allows business managers and auditors to create interactive checklists that will help them ensure a child labour-free operation. There are 18 checkpoints in total, divided into six categories. Each checkpoint provides best-practice recommendations for taking action.

Videos on child labour