Child Labour
Resources
Websites to visit:
- The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
- ILO Resource guide on child labour
- ILO Global Jobs Crisis Observatory: child labour
- UNICEF’s action against child labour
- UNICEF’s youth participation portal
- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Understanding Children’s Work, an inter-agency research cooperation project on child labour
- In their own words: real life stories of child labourers
Resources to read:
Brochures and Factsheets
- ILO (2008): The ILO at a Glance
- ILO (2010) The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) What it is and what it does
- ILO (2010): Facts on Child Labour 2010
Publications
Young boys working as road construction workers in north-eastern India.
- ILO (2010): Accelerating action against child labour, Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Report of the Director-General, Report I(B), International Labour Conference, 99th Session, Geneva 2010
- ILO (2010): Joining forces against child labour - Inter-agency report for The Hague Global Chiidl Labour Conference 2010
- ILO (2010): Global child labour developments: Measuring trends from 2004 to 2008
- ILO (2009): Action against child labour 2008-2009: IPEC Progress and Future Priorities
- ILO (2004): Child Labour – A textbook for university students
- ILO (2002): SCREAM – Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media – Education Pack
Powerpoint presentation
Key recent videos and slideshows on child labour:
- The ILO Reports on Child Labour Globally
- The Road to 2016: Towards the End of Child Labour
- Slideshow on child labour
- For more videos on child labour, visit ILO TV on YouTube, playlist on child labour
- For more photos on child labour, visit the ILO Photo Gallery