The future belongs to those with a vision to shape it. The ILO and its partners stand for a world where no girl or boy is forced to work at the expense of their health and development or their future prospects of decent work. A future without child labour is at last within reach. Significant progress is being made worldwide in combating child labour. The latest global estimates of trends reinforce this message of hope. However, a strong and sustained global movement is needed to provide the extra push towards eliminating the scourge of child labour. For more information see the Global Report The end of child labour: Within reach. (ILO, 2006)
IPEC supports countries to reach the target of eliminating all worst forms of child labour by the year 2016 as set out in the The ILO’s Global Action Plan to Eliminate Child Labour.
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
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World Day Against Child Labour 2009 -
Celebrating 10th Anniversary of
Convention No. 182
What's new
- The global crisis and rising child labour in Zambia’s mining communities: Are we facing a downward decent work spiral?
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Dominican Republic – Social dialogue: IPEC and workers cooperation in sustainable action against child labour -
07 August 2009 - Before the launch in 2002 of the Dominican Republic National Time Bound Programme supported by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), school attendance would drop by 50% during the four months children went to work in the fields in Azua province which produces around two-thirds of the country’s tomatoes production. ... -
I Believe! - ILO song on child labour (Uganda) (mp3 audio file) - [pdf 33 KB]
27 April 2009 - Song on child labour produced for the ILO's 90th anniversary celebrations and for the launch of the IPEC Project of Support to the National Action Plan for the elimination of child labour in Uganda (SNAP). Music and lyrics by Akiki Romeo.
Recent publications
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Training manual to fight trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation
14 September 2009 - This training manual – developed by ILO and UNICEF under the UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking – seeks to aid governments, workers, employers, international, and non-governmental organizations that combat trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other exploitation. -
The Global Jobs Pact - Contributing to the fight against child labour
26 August 2009 - This briefing note considers how the Global Jobs Pact endorsed by the International Labour Conference in June 2009 supports the prevention and elimination of child labour. -
IPEC news, vol. 2, July 2009
31 July 2009 - Newsletter of the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. In this issue: US Senator Tom Harkin at Geneva celebration of World Day Against Child Labour 2009; Editorial: Another successful World Day; Global Conference on Child Labour 2010; IPEC at EU forum on children’s rights; Washington workshop highlights IPEC work; news from the regions; Photos of World Day against Child Labour 2009; ILO-ITC courses on child labour. -
The Government of Romania and the ILO: A decade of cooperation on the elimination of child labour 2000-2009
30 June 2009 - This publication covers 10 years of joint action in Romania among the government, ILO-IPEC and national partners to end child labour. It describes the nature of child labour in Romania and a number of successful activities and polices that have had an important impact in reducing it. It also reviews the remaining challenges for the coming years for completely eliminating child labour. -
Give girls a chance - Tackling child labour, a key to the future
10 June 2009 - This report provides an overview on the involvement of girls in child labour and the policy responses required to tackle the problem. It provides global estimates on girls involvement in child labour and looks at major sectors of work in which girls are involved. It also considers the issue of gender inequalities in education and how these contribute to child labour and the transition of girls into the youth labour market. The report concludes with proposals on the policy response required to tackle child labour of girls. -
Combating child labour through education: A resource kit for policy-makers and practitioners
23 March 2009 - Education strategies have proved critical in the prevention of child labour and in rehabilitation of former child labourers. This education resource kit pulls together research, guidelines, tools and good practices on combating child labour through education. The 25 resources included in the kit constitute a diverse and comprehensive collection of resources developed by ILO-IPEC and its partners during the period 2002-2008. -
Action against child labour. IPEC highlights 2008
19 February 2009 - This report is the implementation report of the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) covering the year 2008. It provides highlights the Programme's activities worldwide in 2008. The report also reflects upon the impact of the global economic crisis on the child labour, and on progress towards ILO's vision of eliminating all worst forms of child labour by 2016. -
Combating trafficking in children for labour exploitation: A resource kit for policy-makers and practitioners
21 November 2008 - This resource kit captures over 10 years of work by IPEC and its partners and makes the Programme’s experiences and knowledge available to those who design, implement and improve policy and programming to fight child trafficking. It is composed of five separate but interrelated books that cover a range of themes, including: understanding child trafficking, research and knowledge base, building legal and policy frameworks, mobilization and building partnerships, taking action against child trafficking, and the processes that may contribute to effective remedial action. Accompanying the texts are more than 150 resources comprising publications, ‘how-to’ manuals, guidelines and copies of relevant international instruments and protocols.