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This report is the outcome of collaborative effort to accurately measure and report on the issue of child labor and hazardous child labor in the cocoa growing areas of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The first objective of this study is to assess and measure changes in the prevalence of working children, children in child labor, and children in hazardous work in the cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana between 2008/09 and 2018/19. The second objective of the study is to assess interventions implemented between 2008/09 and 2018/19. The final objective of this project is to provide accurate point estimates of child labor and hazardous child labor in the cocoa producing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana for 2018/19.

This policy paper explains the context of the brick industry in Nepal; laws and policies related to its management; and how these are changing in the new federal context. A legal analysis of policy gaps and responsibilities designated to the new local governments is meant to be of interest to local leaders as well as policy makers at the provincial, and federal level supporting them. This paper also provides recommendations for emerging issues to attend to and practical recommendations for ways forward to reduce labor exploitation and child labor and ensure effective industry insight.

A September 2020 project newsletter which discusses project activities pertaining to trainings on the subject of SDG 8 as well as project activities related to the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

A June 2020 project newsletter about the project's launch of online learning resources about forced labor frameworks and the ILO's forced labor indicators. The newsletter also summarizes some key findings from the project's mid-term evaluation.

An April 2020 project newsletter about how the project adapted to the challenges presented by COVID-19, in addition to information on an upcoming launch of educational resources pertaining to forced labor and human trafficking. The newsletter also highlights a capacity building training with Olam Cocoa.

A December 2020 project newsletter highlighting several project accomplishments from the year such as efforts to build stakeholder capacity, the launch of free online learning resources about forced labor frameworks and indicators, as well as the release of a midterm evaluation.

This Referral Guidebook is designed for State and non-State front-line service providers including enforcement agencies, legal case workers and social workers, who might encounter potential victims of forced labour and trafficking for labour exploitation in the course of their duty.

This report presents research on migrant domestic workers’ (MDW) vulnerability to forced labor in Hong Kong, and examines whether awareness campaigns can be used to shift attitudes and behaviors around forced labor. It presents data from a randomized control trial (RCT) that measures the impact of awareness campaigns on knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding forced labor and human trafficking among two populations in Hong Kong: the general public (GP), and MDWs from Indonesia, The Philippines, and Nepal working in Hong Kong.

A video in Burmese with English subtitles hosted by actress Paing Phyo Thu in which she interviews a group of child laborers. The host and the interviewees discuss the ways in which child laborers earn money and what factors affect their situation, such as poverty, COVID-19, and family dynamics.

A video in Burmese with English subtitles featuring Ko Ko Kyamn, a child laborer in Myanmar. The video portrays the health effects of construction work, and the laborer's desire for an education and to no longer need to work.