In 2023, IKEA’s supplier Woodsland Tuyen Quang Joint Stock Company embarked on a young worker development programme to give young people access to decent work. The programme supports vulnerable groups, ensuring children’s rights align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly to combat child labour in Vietnam. It supports young workers (aged 15 to under […]

KIT Working Paper. Child labour remains a persistent human rights violation in international commodity supply chains, adversely impacting children’s physical and mental health and depriving them of educational opportunities (UNICEF, 2020). This holds true for the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire; a country that produces 43% of all cocoa worldwide (ICCO, 2022). A nationwide study […]

By the ILO. The research reviewed 614 studies on child labour and forced labour identified by the ILO’s “Research to Action” (RTA) project and an additional 40 recent studies to obtain a sample of 41 randomized and quasi-experimental impact evaluations suitable for the meta-analysis. As several outcomes and interventions are reported in these studies, 131 […]

Two exchange visits took place in Uganda. The WNCB teams from Mali and Côte d’Ivoire visited Uganda in September 2022. In June 2023 a WNCB from India visited Uganda. The purpose of these visits was to learn, share knowledge and thoughts among partners in order to understand how the WNCB alliance can collaborate more with […]

Climate change is multiplying the incidence of child labour, particularly in agriculture where 70 per cent of all child labour is found, according to a new paper by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Issue paper on child labour and climate change , is being released as delegates gather to discuss climate action at the COP28 Climate […]

Joint paper by WNCB, Global March and Education Internationa; on urgent priorities on the issues of child labour in Africa, developed as input for the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in South Africa.

The Call to Action to implement Child Labour Free Zones (CLFZs) in Pathfinder Countries to Eliminate Child Labour was endorsed by CSOs, teachers unions, academia, media and employers organisations from Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia and DRC during the Africa Regional Symposium for World Day Against Child Labour, held on the 13th of June 2023 in Kampala, Uganda.  WNCB partners participated as well. […]

Recommandations générales pour construire un changement durable (pour l’enseignement ‎primaire et aussi pour la formation professionnelle) du webinaire du WNCB sur aider les jeunes à acquérir des compétences professionnelles et à trouver ‎un emploi décent (autonome)‎.

General recommendations to build sustainable change (for primary education as well as ‎vocational training) from the WNCB webinar about supporting youth to acquire vocational and/ or life skills to transition into (self) employment.

Rapport du webinaire du WNCB sur aider les jeunes à acquérir des compétences professionnelles et à trouver ‎un emploi décent (autonome)‎