Resources on gender issues and child labour

2007

  1. Publication

    Girls in mining: Research findings from Ghana, Niger, Peru and the United Republic of Tanzania

    01 January 2007

    Synthesis of a series of research findings conducted by the ILO to draw attention to the hazardous work undertaken by girls in small-scale mining.

2006

  1. Publication

    Child Labour in the Latin America and Caribbean Region: A Gender Based Analysis

    01 April 2006

    The study examines the child labour phenomenon in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region from a gender perspective. It represents part of a broader effort to improve understanding of how child labour differs by sex, and to ensure that policies relating to child labour adequately reflect these differences

2005

  1. Instructional material

    Good practices and lessons learned on child and adolescent domestic labour in Central America and the Dominican Republic: a gender perspective

    01 January 2005

    This report includes several good practices and lessons learned while carrying out the project, related to the achieving its objective of contributing to the prevention and elimination of the worst forms of child domestic labour in Central America and the Dominican Republic.

2004

  1. Publication

    Gender education and child labour in Turkey

    31 December 2004

  2. Girl child labour studies, vol.4

    Selected annotated bibliography on girl child labour: a gender perspective

    01 December 2004

    This bibliography provides a literature review on girl child labour from a gender perspective in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation. It is based on a comparative analysis of rapid assessments and data reviews undertaken in the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador.

  3. Girl child labour studies, vol. 3

    Global child labour data review: a gender perspective

    01 December 2004

  4. Publication

    Gender education and child labour in Egypt

    01 December 2004

  5. Publication

    Gender, education and child labour in Lebanon

    01 December 2004

    This study explores the topic of gender, education and child labour in Lebanon. Chapter 1 tackles general and specific issues related to child labour.

  6. Instructional material

    Gender equality and child labour: a participatory tool for facilitators

    01 December 2004

    Training tool on gender equality and child labour. The philosophy and approaches used stem directly from the SCREAM initiative designed to help facilitators worldwide to promote understanding and awareness of child labour among young people.

  7. Girl child labour studies, vol.1

    Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: Rapid assessments on the cases of the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador

    01 December 2004

    Comparative analysis of the findings in Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador. A large sample of children was interviewed in Ghana and in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines.