Goods Produced by Child Labour: 2018 Findings by the US Department of Labor
The US Department of Labor recently published a 2018 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor. Find out more in our latest article.
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Is Education the key to the SDGs?
Education is a key part of getting children out of child labour, but it also reduces poverty, increases health, promotes peace and leads to more political participation. Originally published in the ITGA Courier
Measuring Impact in Uganda
What has been the impact of our work on the ground? In 2018, ECLT set out to better understand what has changed in the lives of our beneficiaries from their perspectives. To do so, we used a Social Return on Investment methodology.
Fighting Child Labour in Malawi
In the past 3 years, ECLT has supported over 26,000 children and 15,000 adults access schools, learn about child labour and safe agricultural practices, earn and save money, and improve nutrition in Malawi. Read our article to learn more about the fight against child labour in Malawi.
Protecting children from child labour: Children’s fundamental rights
This year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most accepted international conventions, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Since the signing of the CRC in 1989, children and the fulfilment of their rights have come a long way. Read our article to learn more.
Mozambique: Rural Development for a Brighter Future
Since January 2019, ECLT has been working with implementing partners IDE and FAA to fight child labour in Mozambique, a country where 1 in 5 children is in child labour. Read our article to learn about our impact this year.
Annual Report 2018 - Beyond the Numbers
ECLT’s 2018 Annual Report looks back at some of the highlights in the fight against child labour over the past year. Going beyond the numbers we’re sharing the stories of some of our beneficiaries about our sustainable programmes in six countries.
Social dialogue & Collaboration: ECLT Statement at ILO Technical Meeting
Our sole purpose and mandate is to prevent and protect children from child labour wherever tobacco is grown. As a global leader working to keep children from tobacco growing communities in-school, and adolescent workers protected from hazardous child labour, we know what works. Collaboration! Collaboration with Governments, Collaboration with Unions, Collaboration with Companies, Collaboration with the ILO, and above all Collaboration with the Communities and families - who rely on us to get this right
Happier, healthier and more stable in Uganda
To better understand the impact of the REALISE project, ECLT asked over 300 people from our project communities what changed for them. See what they said in this video.