News on child labour
2024
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Making innovation work for decent work
The ILO 8.7 Accelerator Lab launches vision for innovation, knowledge sharing and scaling up
28 March 2024
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Call for expressions of interest
Call for expression of interest for a needs assessment in Uganda
26 March 2024
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Promotion of social dialogue
Indonesian palm oil sector improves labour-management cooperation through social dialogue
04 March 2024
The ILO facilitates workers and employers of the Indonesian palm oil sector to promote social dialogue for improved productivity and workplace cooperation.
2023
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Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
ILO publishes handbook to assess the realization of the five fundamental principles and rights at work in the workplace
04 December 2023
The ILO developed a research methodology that, for the first time, addresses under a combined framework the five fundamental principles and rights at work
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Child labour and climate change
Climate change profoundly affects child labour, ILO research finds
01 December 2023
The impact of climate change on global progress towards ending all forms of child labour is highlighted in a new ILO issue paper.
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News
Tiny but mighty voices against child labour in cobalt mining
20 November 2023
Children in mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) expressed in artistic forms to their communities the child labour-free future they want through the ILO Supporting Children's Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media (SCREAM) training provided by the 8.7 Accelerator Lab Project.
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News
Tackling decent work decifits in Indonesia’s palm oil sector with collective bargaining agreements
30 October 2023
The ILO supports labour-management cooperation in the palm oil sector in Indonesia with the signing of collective bargaining agreements in 31 companies in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
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News
ILO-IOM join forces to better protect Indonesian migrant workers in the palm oil sector
24 October 2023
To better protect the labour rights of potential Indonesian migrant workers, the ILO and IOM jointly develop pre-departure training modules and relevant informational materials for palm oil sector in Indonesia-Malaysia Corridor.
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21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians
Facing rapid changes in the world of work, labour statisticians meet to update measurement of key concepts of labour statistics
11 October 2023
The International Conference of Labour Statisticians, the global standard-setting body for labour market statistics, is meeting at the ILO to review new trends and requirements in data gathering and usage, and methods for measuring key indicators related to advancing social justice.
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Sustainable supply chains
EU and UN agencies join forces to address root causes of child labour
27 September 2023
A new EU-funded action will tackle the root causes of child labour in supply chains, focusing primarily on coffee and leveraging existing efforts on cobalt. Under the leadership of the ILO, the project will be jointly implemented with FAO and UNICEF, in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC).