Resources on hazardous child labour

2015

  1. Publication

    Instrument for Psychosocial Assessment of Children at Work - An overview

    14 April 2015

    This short brochure describes a tool for studying the impacts of work – positive or negative – on the psychological development and functioning of working children. Its goal is to promote greater attention to and concern for the psychological aspects of child work by providing those who are working in this field with a simple tool that can be administered by non-professionals

  2. Publication

    Development of an instrument for the psychosocial assessment of child workers

    14 April 2015

    Why do psychosocial factors not get the attention they deserve? In part, it may be the lack of a method able to quantify or to demonstrate psychosocial impacts on a population-wide basis. Many assume they can only be assessed (a) by a professional psychologist and (b) on a one-to-one basis, and are leary of getting into situations in which they do not feel competent and for which they may not have the time or resources to handle. This paper reports on an effort to find a way around this block. It describes the process of developing a tool capable of examining the key dimensions of child workers’ well-being but that is practical for use in settings where child labour commonly occurs.

  3. Child labour in Afghanistan

    Breaking the mould - Occupational safety hazards faced by children working in brick kilns in Afghanistan

    13 April 2015

    This report seeks to provide useful information to assist the development of policy and of practical interventions to protect the safety, health and well-being of children above the minimum working age (14 in Afghanistan) in the brick kilns; to facilitate the removal from child labour of children below that age and access to free basic education for all children under the minimum age and for all children removed from worst forms of child labour. The study also assesses the financial impact of health problems on families, studying the amount of debt owed by families to medical service providers and the types of illness which cause such debt.

  4. Good practices

    Good practices on the elimination of child labour in Central Asia

    01 April 2015

2014

  1. Publication

    Compendium of hazardous child labour lists and related legislation for selected countries

    08 December 2014

    This compendium focuses on a selection of countries that are among the world’s largest suppliers of cotton, coffee, tea, tobacco, sugar, cocoa and garments.

  2. Publication

    Prevention and Elimination of Child Labour in Agricultural and Fishing in Floating Village: Documentation of a Potential Intervention Model in Ma Da commune, Vinh Cuu district, Dong Nai province

    04 December 2014

    This report presents one of three action programmes (APs) implemented by the ILO-IPEC project “Support the Development and Implementation of the Programme on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour” during 2009-2013. The APs were implemented in Ma Da commune, Vinh Cuu district, Dong Nai province, from July 2011 to September 2013.