Child Labour resources

December 2022

  1. Message at the Consultation for the development of the Philippine Program Against Child Labor Strategic Framework (2023-28)

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Consultation for the development of the Philippine Program Against Child Labor Strategic Framework (2023-28), 1 December 2022, Manila, Philippines

November 2022

  1. Wishing in a dream

    In Myanmar, the labour force survey suggests that there are over 1 million children involved in child labour and more than half of them risk their lives every day in hazardous working conditions.

October 2022

  1. Joint statement by the Government of Bangladesh and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the occasion of the National Seminar on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

  2. ILO and the Government of Bangladesh mark their 50 years of partnership on promoting social justice and decent work

    It has been 50 years since Bangladesh joined the International Labour Organization as a Member State.

  3. Malaysian labour inspectors increase capacity to advance workers’ rights in palm oil sector in Indonesia and Malaysia

    Sabah labour inspectors trained on forced labour, child labour and gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace in compliance with international labour standards.

  4. Malaysian palm oil industry seeks to strengthen responsible labour practices

    ILO conducted supported workshop to assist sees Malaysian palm oil industry in addressing share best practices to combat forced labour labour and child labour.

September 2022

  1. Data-driven policies and programmes are crucial to curtailing devastating impact of the pandemic on child labour

    Keynote speech for the state-level consultation on prevention, rehabilitation and elimination of child labour in Uttar Pradesh by the ILO and State Labour Department, by Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi

  2. Rapid assessment relating to child labour in garbage picking

    The ILO Office for Pakistan convened a stakeholders’ validation workshop in Karachi to present the key findings and recommendations coming from rapid assessment relating to child labour in garbage picking in Pakistan.

  3. Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction: For cooperatives and the collective sector - Book 2

    The package entitled "Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction for cooperatives and the collective sector" was developed under the cooperation between ILO Vietnam and Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA). It is a set of training guidlines for cooperative staff and personnel.

  4. Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction: For cooperatives and the collective sector - Book 1

    The package entitled "Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction for cooperatives and the collective sector" was developed under the cooperation between ILO Vietnam and Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA). It is a set of training guidlines for cooperative staff and personnel.