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
CACAO: Cooperatives Addressing Child Labor Accountability Outcomes12/10/2020 - 06/09/2025 The CACAO project seeks to strengthen capacity, connections, and accountability across child labor enforcement and monitoring within cocoa cooperatives; build the capacity of cocoa cooperatives to provide support to vulnerable households and access to social protection; and pilot a farm to cooperative cocoa traceability system. |
Save the Children |
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STREAMS – Supply Chain Tracing and Engagement Methodologies12/10/2020 - 06/09/2025 The STREAMS project seeks to increase downstream tracing of goods made by child labor and forced labor. The project is developing a comprehensive analytical framework for use by a broad set of stakeholders to categorize supply chains and methods for tracing and validating supply chain connections. The project will disseminate the supply chain tracing tools and methodologies to enable and promote adoption by diverse actors across sectors. |
Verité |
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Global Trace Protocol Project12/10/2020 - 12/09/2024 The Global Trace Protocol Project by ELEVATE seeks to increase downstream tracing of goods made by child labor and forced labor. The project is designed to address the barriers in supply chain traceability, and result in the development and sharing of open, accessible and replicable tools that can advance the knowledge base on supply chain tracing and scale the adoption of traceability solutions by various actors in different sectors. |
ELEVATE Limited |
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She Thrives: Reducing Child Labor in Ethiopia’s Agricultural Sector using a Gender-Focused Approach12/07/2020 - 02/06/2025 The She Thrives project seeks to build agency of vulnerable women and girls in the Ethiopian agricultural sector, change community social norms and traditions that uphold child labor and gender inequality, and transform laws, policies and institutions to be more gender equitable and support efforts to reduce child labor in Ethiopia. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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MATE MASIE – Making Advances to Eliminate Child Labor in More Areas with Sustainable Integrated Efforts12/07/2020 - 05/06/2025 The MATE MASIE project seeks to strengthen capacity, connections, and accountability across child labor enforcement and monitoring within cocoa cooperatives. It is working to build the capacity of cocoa cooperatives to support vulnerable member households directly and by linking their members with other service providers. |
Winrock International |
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CAPSA - Capacity Strengthening of Governments to Address Child Labor and/or Forced Labor, and Violations of Acceptable Conditions of Work in Sub-Saharan Africa12/15/2019 - 12/31/2024 The CAPSA project seeks to build the capacity of the Governments of Kenya and Uganda to more effectively combat child labor, forced labor, and violations of acceptable conditions of work. It does this by helping the governments strengthen enforcement of their laws and regulations, improve assistance services for victims, and enhance coordination between law enforcement and social protection entities. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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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Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced Labor12/15/2019 - 08/14/2024 This project aims to promote increased use of forced labor research in policy and programmatic decision-making to help eliminate forced labor around the world. The project will achieve this by increasing knowledge through robust research on forced labor in the textile and garment sector and engaging decision makers and stakeholders to use this knowledge to take actions against forced labor. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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 Tejiendo12/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 Vamos Tejiendo 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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CACAO: Cooperatives Addressing Child Labor Accountability Outcomes12/10/2020 - 06/09/2025 The CACAO project seeks to strengthen capacity, connections, and accountability across child labor enforcement and monitoring within cocoa cooperatives; build the capacity of cocoa cooperatives to provide support to vulnerable households and access to social protection; and pilot a farm to cooperative cocoa traceability system. |
Save the Children |
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STREAMS – Supply Chain Tracing and Engagement Methodologies12/10/2020 - 06/09/2025 The STREAMS project seeks to increase downstream tracing of goods made by child labor and forced labor. The project is developing a comprehensive analytical framework for use by a broad set of stakeholders to categorize supply chains and methods for tracing and validating supply chain connections. The project will disseminate the supply chain tracing tools and methodologies to enable and promote adoption by diverse actors across sectors. |
Verité |
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Global Trace Protocol Project12/10/2020 - 12/09/2024 The Global Trace Protocol Project by ELEVATE seeks to increase downstream tracing of goods made by child labor and forced labor. The project is designed to address the barriers in supply chain traceability, and result in the development and sharing of open, accessible and replicable tools that can advance the knowledge base on supply chain tracing and scale the adoption of traceability solutions by various actors in different sectors. |
ELEVATE Limited |
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She Thrives: Reducing Child Labor in Ethiopia’s Agricultural Sector using a Gender-Focused Approach12/07/2020 - 02/06/2025 The She Thrives project seeks to build agency of vulnerable women and girls in the Ethiopian agricultural sector, change community social norms and traditions that uphold child labor and gender inequality, and transform laws, policies and institutions to be more gender equitable and support efforts to reduce child labor in Ethiopia. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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MATE MASIE – Making Advances to Eliminate Child Labor in More Areas with Sustainable Integrated Efforts12/07/2020 - 05/06/2025 The MATE MASIE project seeks to strengthen capacity, connections, and accountability across child labor enforcement and monitoring within cocoa cooperatives. It is working to build the capacity of cocoa cooperatives to support vulnerable member households directly and by linking their members with other service providers. |
Winrock International |
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CAPSA - Capacity Strengthening of Governments to Address Child Labor and/or Forced Labor, and Violations of Acceptable Conditions of Work in Sub-Saharan Africa12/15/2019 - 12/31/2024 The CAPSA project seeks to build the capacity of the Governments of Kenya and Uganda to more effectively combat child labor, forced labor, and violations of acceptable conditions of work. It does this by helping the governments strengthen enforcement of their laws and regulations, improve assistance services for victims, and enhance coordination between law enforcement and social protection entities. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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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Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced Labor12/15/2019 - 08/14/2024 This project aims to promote increased use of forced labor research in policy and programmatic decision-making to help eliminate forced labor around the world. The project will achieve this by increasing knowledge through robust research on forced labor in the textile and garment sector and engaging decision makers and stakeholders to use this knowledge to take actions against forced labor. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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 Tejiendo12/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 Vamos Tejiendo 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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