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This paper provides insights and evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy responses to curb its spread influence the risk of child labour in agriculture through different pathways. It draws on case studies from seven countries covering different production systems: Côte d’Ivoire (cocoa), Ethiopia (cattle keeping and farming), (Lebanon (horticulture and greenhouse farms), the Philippines (municipal fisheries), and Viet Nam (crop farming, livestock, and citrus fruit chains). Based on these evidence, the document provides concluding reflections and recommendations on priority

The difference between light work, child work and hazardous child work depends on several factors: the age of the child, the nature and duration of the work undertaken, and the working conditions. This flowchart can be used to support the analysis of data collected on child labour, through a child labour prevalence survey or a child labour monitoring questionnaire, to determine whether a child should be considered to be engaged in light (authorised) work, child labour or hazardous child labour. All definitions are aligned with the latest legislation in the Côte d'Ivoire National Framework of

Ten years after the publication of the Children’s Rights and Business Principles (CRBPs), UNICEF, Save the Children and the UN Global Compact have released a report (October 2022) and a Brief (June 2022) reviewing progress and looking ahead on embedding children's rights in responsible and sustainable business conduct. The report offers a comprehensive overview of trends in action by States, businesses and investors. It describes how despite progress, children's rights remain at risk of invisibility even though virtually all forms of business activity can have adverse impact on children

This brief, produced by the ILO, is based on a study conducted as part of the ACCEL Africa Project, a regional project focusing on the issue of child labour in selected supply chains in six countries in Africa. The study seeks to assess the responsibility as well as legal obligations of financial sector actors in eliminating child labour in the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire, especially those actors financing cocoa transactions at the level of exporters, buyers, and cooperatives. Current practices and potential roles of financial sector actors to address the issue of child labour in this

From October 2020 to June 2022, Action against Child Exploitation (ACE) conducted the study project, “Data Collection Survey on Child Labour and Support for Child Labour Free Zone Pilot Activities with a Focus on the Cocoa Region in the Republic of Ghana”, commissioned by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The project aim was to investigate global trends in child labour, interventions to eliminate child labour implemented in Ghana, and trends in initiatives by stakeholders of the cocoa industry. The research project also conducted pilot activities to test the feasibility of the