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This report presents an estimate of the people at risk of forced labor and the risk factors associated with the problem; and presents the results of the field research, which collected qualitative information from key informants and visits to certain farms or plantations. The report also presents the magnitude and characteristics of child labor, through the analysis of official information and field verification and description of the palm and cocoa production processes that incorporate children and adolescents in these activities. This study is the product of a consultancy commissioned from COMUNIDEC by the International Labor Office, and is linked to the expected results of the project "Building effective policies against child labor in Ecuador and Panama" (RLA 104) and the activities of El Plan Global de Acción Financiera.

A baseline study conducted to collect data on children involved in or at risk of being involved in child labor in three regions of Burkina Faso: Boucle du Mouhoun, the Cascades, and Hauts-Bassins regions

This report is a prevalence study on child labor in Rwanda’s tea growing areas. The primary objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of working children and hazardous work in tea production and to better understand child labor dynamics, focusing on tea-growing  areas  of  the  country. This study also serves as a baseline context for the Rwanda Education Alternatives for Children in Tea-growing Areas project (REACH-T) and is the first large scale survey aimed at estimating child labor rates in the tea-growing areas in Rwanda.

Report presenting results of a study meant to provide information on factors contributing to child labor and child trafficking mainly in the traditional weaving sector in Ethiopia. The research includes information on the reasons why children engage in child labor and what factors are contributing to child trafficking within the country both from the source (push) and destination points (pull).

A report presenting results of research into the types and the magnitude of workplace hazards children were exposed to in Ethiopia, especially in the traditional weaving, farming and fishing sectors. Presents suggestions for standards that could be imposed upon informal labor sectors in two zones of the South Nation and Nationalities People Region, Wolayta and Gamo Gofa, and Guliele Sub-city in Addis Ababa administrative city.

Report resulting from a survey/study of the knowledge, attitude and practices surrounding child labour and trafficking among communities in Southern and Central Ethiopia.

This video outlines some measures that were innovative, efficient and replicable from the ILO-IPEC Cocoa Communities Project (CCP). The project exceeded its targeted number of beneficiaries and made significant gains in addressing some of the root causes of child labour in cocoa growing communities.
 

"Mon enfant" chanson contre le travail des enfants par le "Choeur pour l’abolition du travail des enfants" de la Côte d'ivoire. Auteur: Serge Bile Compositeur: David Tayorault Video produite par l'Association "Petit Kouakou" avec le soutien du Bureau international du Travail (BIT).
 

"Petits travailleurs" chanson contre le travail des enfants par le "Choeur pour l’abolition du travail des enfants" de la Côte d'ivoire. Video produite par l'Association "Petit Kouakou" avec le soutien du Bureau international du Travail (BIT).
 

The task of this baseline survey was to assess child labour in agriculture in Ghana, focusing particularly on cocoa, and with the aim to provide information that will contribute to the prevention and elimination in Ghana.