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
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.
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
Better together: an urgent call for collaboration against child labour
An urgent call for collaborative, effective solutions to stop child labour - The discussions at the upcoming ILO Global Meeting can impact on children, farmers, workers, families and communities throughout Africa and around the world.
Progressively realising commitments against child labour
In 2018, the Members of the ECLT Pledge of Commitment completed a second self-assessment on the progress made in their supply chains in the fight against child labour.
Hazardous Child Labour in Agriculture
73 million children are doing work which is considered hazardous putting their health, safety, development or education at risk, much of which is done in agriculture.
Child Labour and Child Protection
With more than 152 million children doing work that puts their health, safety and development at risk, it is important for child protection systems to take these children’s needs into account. When child protection systems are set up to respond to the risk of child labour, they are better able to prevent, protect and respond to harm.