Resources on gender issues and child labour

2009

  1. Publication

    Assessing the gender gap: Evidence from SIMPOC surveys

    01 July 2009

    This paper provides statistical evidence for some of the most important gender differences with regard to child labour. It is based on the analysis of 16 household-based national child labour surveys (NCLS) from all major regions of the world conducted between 1999 and 2007 with the assistance of IPEC's Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC).

  2. Publication

    Give girls a chance - Tackling child labour, a key to the future

    10 June 2009

    This report provides an overview on the involvement of girls in child labour and the policy responses required to tackle the problem. It provides global estimates on girls involvement in child labour and looks at major sectors of work in which girls are involved. It also considers the issue of gender inequalities in education and how these contribute to child labour and the transition of girls into the youth labour market. The report concludes with proposals on the policy response required to tackle child labour of girls.

2007

  1. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheets

    01 June 2007

    Information sheets providing more background information on different topics related to child labour in agriculture.

  2. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheet: Cooperatives and elimination of child labour in agriculture

    01 June 2007

  3. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheet: The role of Employers’ organizations and their members in combating child labour in agriculture

    01 June 2007

  4. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheet: Trade unions and elimination of child labour in agriculture

    01 June 2007

  5. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheet: Rural education and child labour in agriculture

    01 June 2007

  6. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheet: Migrant families, child labour and child trafficking in agriculture

    01 June 2007

  7. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheet: Gender and child labour in agriculture

    01 June 2007

  8. Publication

    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) 2007: Information sheet: An overview of child labour in agriculture

    01 June 2007

    Information sheets providing more background information on different topics related to child labour in agriculture.