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This report is the result of a desk review of existing legal instruments (laws, policies, conventions and recommendations, ministerial orders and other legal texts, manuals, and reports). The purpose of the assessment is to identify gaps that hinder the protection of children below working age, as well as hazardous work for children of working age (16-17) years old and make recommendations for strengthening the legal and enforcement instruments to protect children and adhere to conventions and international standards.

This resource manual is intended to support all those wishing to take action against child labor in domestic work and to protect young domestic workers of legal working age. It is designed, in particular, to strengthen the capacity of trade unions and workers' groups, community-based organizations and NGOs to advocate for an end to exploitation and abuse of children in domestic work, and to provide good practice guidance on the best ways of directly assisting these children.

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.

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.

This report is the result of a desk review of existing legal instruments (laws, policies, conventions and recommendations, ministerial orders and other legal texts, manuals, and reports). The purpose of the assessment is to identify gaps that hinder the protection of children below working age, as well as hazardous work for children of working age (16-17) years old and make recommendations for strengthening the legal and enforcement instruments to protect children and adhere to conventions and international standards.

National Action Plan on eliminating child labor issued by the Government of Cameroon.

The following report describes the results of a follow-up impact evaluation survey of a child labor prevention program (The Extended School Hours program) in Bolivia. The Extended Hours program was designed to increase school persistence by helping children who were struggling in their studies, while also reducing the number of hours children worked by keeping them engaged in educational support activities. Includes data and questionnaires.

A research report that seeks to identify practical and sustainable measures to enhance cocoa productivity and improve livelihoods in cocoa growing communities in Ghana within the context of eliminating child labor in accordance with the specific needs of the target groups. The key research objective is to enhance sustainable livelihoods and improve the economic and social wellbeing through improving knowledge in agricultural practices and access to innovative opportunities to sustain increased productivity and reduce dependence on child labor. The report also includes a guide to help enhance trainers' capacity to engage with farmers.

This baseline report addresses the information gap on the subject of child labor and provides guidance to ARCH management in the design and implementation of the programs aimed at reducing child labor in Liberia.

This study aims at developing an in–depth understanding of the child labor phenomenon in selected pastoralist communities with the aim of informing the formulation and/or revision of public policies and programmes on education and child labor elimination. Specifically, this study sets forth to assess the following dimensions of this phenomenon: the extent of pastoralist children’s participation in schooling; the magnitude and nature of child labor with respect to herding of livestock in both bomas (homesteads) and cattle camps; understanding the different hazards associated with child related activities; and gauging the attitude and perceptions of children, youth and their parents on education and child labor in their communities.