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- Child Labour - International Labour Organization
The aim of ILO Convention No 138 on the minimum age is the effective abolition of child labour by requiring countries to: (1) establish a minimum age for entry into work or employment; and (2) establish national policies for the elimination of child labour
- Statistics on child labour - ILOSTAT
Numbers on the extent, characteristics and determinants of child labour are provided by the Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC), which assists countries in the collection, documentation, processing and analysis of child labour relevant data This page provides extracts of the available information
- What is child labour? - UNICEF
Child labour can result in extreme bodily and mental harm, and even death It can lead to slavery and sexual or economic exploitation And in nearly every case, it cuts children off from schooling and health care, restricting their fundamental rights
- The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million . . .
Behind the statistics The report notes that child labour is intergenerational Children in child labour systems often struggle to access education, something which in turn compromises their future opportunities and creates a cycle of poverty and deprivation Federico Blanco, ILO expert and lead author of the Child Labour Report, noted that it is important to think of child labour as not just
- Child labour | ILO Business case
Progress against child labour has stagnated since 2016, and 160 million children are still in child labour; in 2021, 27 6 million people were still in situations of forced labour, with no region spared The ILO has been working to end child and forced labour since its inception
- Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward
The ILO-UNICEF 2024 Global Estimates of Child Labour provides an overview of child labour patterns and trends It also describes the evolving profile of children in child labour, outlines the nature of child labour and where it is concentrated, and explores the impact of child labour on schooling The report concludes with a discussion of the road ahead
- ILO Research Guides: Child Labour: Home
"The term 'child labour' is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development It refers to work that: requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work "
- World fails to meet 2025 child labor target – DW – 06 12 2025 - dw. com
There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint
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