Publications on child labour

2002

  1. Towards a time-bound national action on child domestic workers in the Philippines - Cursorial assessment report

    01 May 2002

    There is a vast army of everyday child domestic workers (CDWs) that provides to many Filipino households cheap services for their comfort and enjoyment. This army is increasingly composed by very young girls, some as young as 8 years old, prone to verbal, physical and sexual abuse. While child domestic work may not always be hazardous, anecdotal evidence show that there are instances when they suffer grievous work conditions adults would not stand for.

  2. Bolivia - Child labour in sugarcane: a rapid assessment (IWFCL, no 36) - Executive Summary

    01 May 2002

    Executive summary - see Spanish version for full text.

  3. Non-formal education and rural skills training: Tools to combat the worst forms of child labour, including trafficking

    01 May 2002

    The paper aims to contribute to more effective non-formal education and rural skills training, and ultimately prevent children from being drawn into the worst forms of child labour.

  4. Thailand - Child Domestic Workers: A Rapid Assessment (IWFCL, No. 23)

    01 April 2002

    The objectives of this research are to study the situation of the exploitation of child domestic workers and to investigate factors, conditions and implications of such exploitation. In this study the child domestic workers are 115 minors under 18 years of age employed to work in households in Bangkok.

  5. Fighting commercial sexual exploitation of children: Study of good practices in interventions in Tanzania - Vol. 3

    01 April 2002

    The study analyses successful action programmes or elements of programmes, on the basis of their relevancy, efficiency, effectiveness, ethical soundness, and ability to be replicated and sustained beyond the donor funding period. The main purpose of this study is to take stock of experiences on the ground to eliminate CSEC so that they may help guide and/or reinforce future scaled-up action against CSEC.

  6. Fighting commercial sexual exploitation of children: Study of good practices in interventions in Uganda - Vol. 4

    01 April 2002

    The main objective of the study is to create a better understanding of successful approaches in combating CSEC. This includes on-going IPEC supported and other national initiatives being implemented to combat children engaged in prostitution in Uganda.

  7. Fighting commercial sexual exploitation of children: Methodological guidelines for interventions against CSEC – The Time-Bound Programme to eliminate the WFCL in Tanzania

    01 April 2002

    These methodological guidelines on action to eliminate commercial sexual exploitation of children were developed to facilitate implementation of interventions under the Time Bound Programme (TBP) against the Worst forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in Tanzania within the foreseeable future.

  8. Fighting commercial sexual exploitation of children: Study of good practices in interventions in Zambia - Vol. 5

    01 April 2002

    The main objectives of this study are to document the usefulness of existing methods in combating CSEC; to gather information from IPEC partners and others on interventions against CSEC; to identify good practices, gaps and possible future interventions against CSEC.

  9. Fighting commercial sexual exploitation of children: Study of good practices in interventions in Kenya - Vol. 2

    01 April 2002

    The main objective of this study was to identify and disseminate good practice interventions that could be replicated or scaled up.

  10. Fighting commercial sexual exploitation of children: Study of good practices in interventions in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia - Synthesis report - Vol. 1

    01 April 2002

    The study is undertaken from the perspective that CSEC constitutes a gross violation of the rights of the child victims involved and will contribute to the eradication of CSEC through identifying the steps that may be taken to eliminate the vice. The aim of the study is to document any good practices interventions against CSEC and to give recommendations for future directions in IPEC interventions.