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This publication contains the results of Vietnam's second National Child Labour Survey, conducted in 2018.  This publication provides information on the current child labor situation in Vietnam, and related evidence meant to provide a sound basis for policy development and intervention design related to preventing and reducing child labor.  This report includes analysis breaking down labor patterns and risk rates among Vietnamese children aged 5-17 years, profiles of households containing children aged 5-17 years, the general characteristics of child labor and hazardous child work in Vietnam, and policy recommendations.

This Pre-Situational Analysis (PSA) report was conducted for the Reducing Incidence of Child labor and harmful conditions of work in Economic Strengthening initiatives (RICHES) project, funded in December 2017 by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking. The RICHES project aims to integrate the issues of child labor alleviation and acceptable conditions of work (ACW) into women’s economic empowerment (WEE) initiatives and make available a toolkit for policy makers, financial service providers, and others whose work supports women entrepreneurs. The objective of the PSA was to better understand the intersection of child labor, working conditions for women, and WEE initiatives at a global level, as well as in the pilot countries of El Salvador and the Philippines, to inform the development of the toolkit, which will be pilot tested in the two countries, but whose intent is to be globally applicable. The PSA report summarizes the results of that analysis. 

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 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.

The Responsible Recruitment Pilot Model is intended to serve as a model for a company-led action to address forced labor and human trafficking in the recruitment process, and for recruiters’ compliance with recruitment policies and procedures. This manual will enable small and medium-sized companies, which account for more than 99 percent of seafood processors in Thailand, and recruiters to embed a responsible recruitment process in their practice. This document also includes a variety of tools to help facilitate due diligence processes relevant to labor recruitment.

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.

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.

This documentary, in Burmese with English subtitles, shows the extremely dangerous conditions of Myanmar's "Land of Jade" in Kachin state, where workers in the mining industry risk injury and death. These workers include child laborers, including San Min Hiet, featured in this documentary. This video was produced as part of the World Day Against Child Labour awareness-raising campaign.

A Spanish-language report brief that assesses the intersection of child labor, working conditions in women's enterprises, and women' economic empowerment initiatives in El Salvador, one of two pilot counties chosen for in-depth study for testing the tools developed by the RICHES project.

A Filipino-language report brief that assesses the intersection of child labor, working conditions in women's enterprises, and women' economic empowerment initiatives in the Philippines, one of two pilot counties chosen for in-depth study for testing the tools developed by the RICHES project.