What the economic crisis means for child labour

This article was published in the journal Global Social Policy, which produced a special edition bringing together the research done for a regional conference on the global financial crisis and child labour in Singapore in 2009.

Towards 2016: Progress made in the elimination goal

The international community has set a goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.  This brief publication provides an overview of progress made towards achieving this goal and proposed strategies for speeding up progress.

Child domestic labour in Cambodia

In Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, one in every nine households employs someone to do the housework. That someone is a child. This brief introduction to the issue of child domestic labour in Cambodia is based on a comprehensive household survey made by the national Statistics Office.

Eliminating child labour in Morocco

This publication is in French.  It describes the situation of child labour in Morocco and outlines priority actions that might be taken.

Combating child labour in Asia and Pacific

This report on progress made in reaching the international goal of eliminating child labour by 2015 focuses on the work of the ILO, governments and other agents in Asia and the Pacific. It identifies outstanding challenges and proven practices

Helping hands or shackled lives - Understanding child domestic labour and responses to it

This report throws light on the phenomenon of child domestic labour, and on the actions that are being taken to respond to it. It brings together research undertaken by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and work done by other organizations in the field. It includes a number of case studies drawn from ILO-IPEC field work, and suggests possible future actions to be taken at all levels and by different players: governments, labour sector partners and NGOs.