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This report focuses on an intrinsic case study in Ghana that was carried out aiming to get a deeper understanding of the experiences of children who had stopped working at the mines, what their motivations for working at the mines were and the factors that contributed to quitting work at mines.

This document is a Training Materials and Guide for facilitators in training key government agencies and other relevant stakeholders on law enforcement and policy implementation to reduce child labour and improve working conditions in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) operations and other sectors in Ghana.

The CARING Gold Mining Project’s overall goal is to address child labor and working condition issues in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) globally, and in Ghana and the Philippines --its pilot countries. It does so by pursuing four outcomes, the first three to be carried out in the pilot countries and the fourth one on a global scale.

Ghana is the largest producer of gold in western Africa. Its mines provide local families with the a meagre income extracted under dangerous working conditions. “Dreams of Gold” follows the stories of three children rescued from one of the most hazardous forms of child labour, mining for gold.

ILO-produced video on the dark reality of child labour and poor working conditions in the Philippines. Funded by the United States Department of Labor, the project reached out to mining communities in Camarines Norte and South Cotabato, Philippines to transition from the informal economy and to shape a future without child labour that leaves no one behind through decent work.

This sustainability plan for the CARING Gold Mining Project is to provide a frame for evolving a long-term strategy that will be used as guidance for key stakeholders to sustain the achievements of the project. This report documents the processes and outcomes of the sustainability plan workshop held on December 4, 2019 in Accra, Ghana.

This document provides an overview of findings from previous studies related to forced labor and human trafficking in the gold mining industry of Peru

Pilares Project: We promote the capacity development of civil societies in the Colombian regions of Bajo Cauca and Sur de Bolívar, where gold mining is the main livelihood for households.

Lizeth is part of one of the beneficiary households that the Somos Tesoro project has trained in family economics and savings models. The Pact team took on the task of advising families in the community on financial management, creating a family budget and eliminating superfluous expenses, to improve their economic solvency.

Perceptions and Imaginaries about Child Labor in Colombian Gold and Coal Mining: This study tries to identify these relationships and propose alternatives to overcome the factors that promote and justify it. The study combines quantitative and qualitative social research techniques to obtain a different perception, with an internalized vision of the causes of child labor, both at a general level and at a particular level in the Colombian ASM of coal and gold. In addition, it offers an analysis without barriers, which highlights the point of view of miners and shows the importance of taking their opinions into account, with a view to making them the agents of change on child labor.