Our international grants support projects to combat some of the most abusive labor practices, including the use of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in global supply chains. ILAB-funded projects also promote trade partners’ compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. trade agreements and preference programs – helping to ensure a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world.
Results
Strengthening Worker Engagement, Empowerment, and Trust in the Dominican Sugar Sector (SWEET)12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The SWEET project empowers sugarcane field workers in the Dominican Republic to improve their working and living conditions through increased use of formal and informal mechanisms, including legal assistance, social services, and grievance processes. |
Impactt Limited |
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EQUAL - Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Mexico12/15/2019 - 12/14/2024 EQUAL seeks to increase job quality and safety, create opportunities for economic participation, and address gaps in social programs to reach remote and impoverished families in Mexico. |
World Vision |
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Senderos: Sembrando Derechos, Cosechando Mejores Futuros12/04/2019 - 06/03/2026 Senderos — works with government, the private sector, and civil society to improve adherence to international standards on child labor, forced labor, occupational safety and health, and other acceptable conditions of work in the agriculture sectors in Jalisco and Nayarit. The project is building government capacity to enforce labor laws in agricultural supply chains, improving private sector awareness and compliance with labor laws, and increasing farmworkers’ knowledge of labor rights and grievances mechanisms. |
Verité |
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Vamos Tejiendo: Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Agriculture (EQUAL) in Colombia12/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 EQUAL/Colombia aims to reduce the risk of child labor, forced labor, and other violations of labor rights by empowering vulnerable women and girls working in the production of unrefined brown sugar (panela) and the cut flowers sector and promoting a better understanding of labor rights. |
Pact |
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Combating Child Labor Through Education in the Philippines: ABK Initiative Phase II09/29/2007 - 09/29/2011 |
World Vision |
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Supporting the Time-bound Program on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Republic of the Philippines09/29/2002 - 09/29/2007 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Supporting the Time-bound Program on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor in El Salvador (Phase I) and Combating Child Labor Through Education in the Time-bound Program of El Salvador (EI)09/29/2001 - 09/29/2007 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Philippines: Preparatory Activities for a Time-bound Program (TBP)09/29/2001 - 09/29/2003 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Strengthening Worker Engagement, Empowerment, and Trust in the Dominican Sugar Sector (SWEET)12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The SWEET project empowers sugarcane field workers in the Dominican Republic to improve their working and living conditions through increased use of formal and informal mechanisms, including legal assistance, social services, and grievance processes. |
Impactt Limited |
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EQUAL - Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Mexico12/15/2019 - 12/14/2024 EQUAL seeks to increase job quality and safety, create opportunities for economic participation, and address gaps in social programs to reach remote and impoverished families in Mexico. |
World Vision |
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Senderos: Sembrando Derechos, Cosechando Mejores Futuros12/04/2019 - 06/03/2026 Senderos — works with government, the private sector, and civil society to improve adherence to international standards on child labor, forced labor, occupational safety and health, and other acceptable conditions of work in the agriculture sectors in Jalisco and Nayarit. The project is building government capacity to enforce labor laws in agricultural supply chains, improving private sector awareness and compliance with labor laws, and increasing farmworkers’ knowledge of labor rights and grievances mechanisms. |
Verité |
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Vamos Tejiendo: Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Agriculture (EQUAL) in Colombia12/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 EQUAL/Colombia aims to reduce the risk of child labor, forced labor, and other violations of labor rights by empowering vulnerable women and girls working in the production of unrefined brown sugar (panela) and the cut flowers sector and promoting a better understanding of labor rights. |
Pact |
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Combating Child Labor Through Education in the Philippines: ABK Initiative Phase II09/29/2007 - 09/29/2011 |
World Vision |
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Supporting the Time-bound Program on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Republic of the Philippines09/29/2002 - 09/29/2007 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Supporting the Time-bound Program on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor in El Salvador (Phase I) and Combating Child Labor Through Education in the Time-bound Program of El Salvador (EI)09/29/2001 - 09/29/2007 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Philippines: Preparatory Activities for a Time-bound Program (TBP)09/29/2001 - 09/29/2003 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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