Outcome document of the inaugural ABA LAB (Area-based Approach) session on Building a Community Driven Approach for a Sustainable Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System. The report encapsulates thematic discussions, key recommendations and break-out room highlights.
Outcome document ABA Lab session 1 (2)
The delegates present at the West Africa Regional Symposium on promoting Area Based Approach (ABA) for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour, commit towards: “Prioritising Area Based Approach in Planning, Policies and Action to Eliminate Child Labour.” With the increasing number of African countries becoming PFCs, it is crucial
Child labour remains a pressing issue in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. According to
the ILO’s report of 2020, out of the 160 million of children (5–17-year-old) engaged in child labour
worldwide, 24.3 million (6.2%) are in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, while 26.3 million (5.5%) are
in Central
Coffee in uganda has been listed as a product made by child labour in the USDOL’s list of goods made by child labour and forced labour (2021). Especially in the harvest season, it is very common for children to skip school as they pick coffee beans to be sold in
The Call to Action to implement Child Labour Free Zones (CLFZs) in Pathfinder Countries to Eliminate Child Labour was endorsed by CSOs, teachers unions, academia, media and employers organisations from Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia and DRC during the Africa Regional Symposium for World Day Against Child Labour, held on the 13th of June 2023 in
PRISE DE POSITION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE LE TRAVAIL DES ENFANTS EN AFRIQUE : PRIORITÉS URGENTES DU CONTINENT
Prise de position sur les priorités urgentes sur les questions du travail des enfants en Afrique, élaboré par les OSC pour contribution à la 5e Conférence mondiale sur l’élimination du travail des
Civil Society Position Paper on Child Labour in Africa: Urgent Priorities from the Continent
Joint CSO paper on urgent priorities on the issues of child labour in Africa, developed as input for the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in South Africa.
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A recent publication by Global March Against Child Labour, in a Journal of Modern Slavery, guest edited by Cindy Berman and Urmila Bhoola.
South America : Study on impact of COVID-19 on Child Labour and Education (Spanish)
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Summary of Mapping and Analysis of Child Labour in Shrimp Fry Collection in Bangladesh
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