Publications on child labour
2022
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Ethical and quality reporting on child labour: A training manual for media professionals in Pakistan
31 August 2022
The training manual has jointly been adapted by Group Development Pakistan and ILO Country Office for Pakistan for building the capacity of media professionals in ethical, evidence-based and quality reporting on child labour in Pakistan.
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A Practical Guide for Journalists - TIP SHEET
10 August 2022
Fighting Child Labour and Promoting Children's Rights in Fiji's Media This publication includes: 1. Tips on writing stories about children 2. Tips on conducting interviews with children
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A practical guide for journalists
10 August 2022
Fighting child labour and promoting children's rights in Fiji's media.
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World Day Against Child Labour 12 June 2022 Commemoration coloring book
01 August 2022
What does it mean to be a child? Explore what a happy and healthy childhood can look like when children are free from child labour in the ILO Myanmar’s Coloring Book commemorating World Day against Child Labour 2022.
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Research Brief: Child labour in domestic work in Pakistan
14 July 2022
Child labour in domestic work remains a widespread, but hidden, phenomenon worldwide. The qualitative study assessed the current situation of child labour in domestic work, elaborated the major push and pull factors, working conditions, effects on children's health, safety, and education, and recommended the priority areas for combatting child labour in domestic work in Pakistan.
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Child Labour in domestic work in Pakistan: A scoping study
14 July 2022
Child labour in domestic work remains a widespread, but hidden, phenomenon worldwide. The qualitative study assessed the current situation of child labour in domestic work, elaborated the major push and pull factors, working conditions, effects on children's health, safety, and education, and recommended the priority areas for combatting child labour in domestic work in Pakistan.
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The role of social protection in the elimination of child labour: Evidence review and policy implications
18 May 2022
This new ILO-UNICEF report provides a rigorous review of what the latest research says about the power of social protection to combat child labour. Providing families with direct assistance to help them weather crises can help reduce negative coping strategies like child labour and child marriage.
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Vulnerabilities to child labour
16 May 2022
Identifying particularly vulnerable groups of children and their specific needs is essential for the elimination of child labour. This brief brings together the key findings from four studies that each address a key area of vulnerability to child labour: climate change, situations of crisis, indigenous peoples and informality. For each of the thematic areas, the brief presents evidence of the linkages with child labour and implications for policy.
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The elimination of child labour and its root causes – the guidance offered by the ILO MNE Declaration
05 May 2022
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Myanmar: Legal Review of national laws and regulations related to child labour in light of international standards 2020, Executive report
01 April 2022
This paper summarizes a review of laws and practice relating to child labour that was as undertaken in and covers developments up to December 2020, as well as the existing practices in Myanmar are implementing the requirements of the international standards on child labour, such as in particular the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182).