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Worst forms of child labour in Peru
( A. Ensing / Foundation for International Research on Working Children , 2008)

In 1973, the ILO adopted its Minimum Age Convention (No. 138), which requires states to design and apply national policies to ensure the effective abolition of all forms of child labour and to set ...

Examining modern responses to child labour
( D. Tajgman / Child Rights Information Network , 2007)

This technical guide looks at what is being done to combat the kind of child labour that needs to be eliminated and examines modern responses to the phenomenon of child labour as embodied in policy...

Improving care models of organisations working with young victims of commercial sexual exploitation
( S. Bradley-Acosta (ed);N. Zuñiga / International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour , 2007)
This work guide attempts to develop strategies and recommendations for incorporating a rights based approach into care programmes for child and adolescent victims of commercial sexual exploitation, th...
Is child labour in India’s cottonseed farms on the increase?
( D. Venkateswarlu / India Committee of the Netherlands , 2007)

This document analyses the trends in child employment within the Indian cotton supply chain. It particularly aims to examine the current situation regarding child labour in hybrid cottonseed farms ...

Care report: tackling child labour
( N. Denkers;J. Trew / Child Rights Information Network , 2007)

How to tackle and eliminate hazardous and exploitative child labour? This report provides practical solutions for effectively addressing the root causes.

The authors highlight two key f...

Why child domestic work is not a “harmless occupation”: the Indian example
( M. Ray;A.N. Iyer / Save the Children Fund , 2006)
This paper aims to increase the body of knowledge about child domestic work in India in order to present the reality to the mainstream population, and to question myths and perceptions on th...
Good practices in eliminating the worst forms of Asian child labour
( Humantrafficking.org , 2006)

Child trafficking is widespread in much of Asia. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that children make up 40 to 50 per cent of the 2.45 million persons trafficked for exploitativ...

Exploitation of young migrant workers in Thailand
( E. Pearson;S. Punpuing;A. Jampaklay / Human Trafficking , 2006)
Thailand has emerged as the number one destination in cross-border trafficking of children and women. Many children and young women from Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR migrate to Thailand in search of ...
What is wrong with new laws against child labour in India?
( N. Reddy;I. Srinath;J. Seabrooke / The Concerned for Working Children , 2006)

Could India’s child labour laws be doing more harm than good? In 2006 the Government of India introduced new laws against the employment of children under the age of 14 in domestic work, agri...

Bonded child labour in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Phillipines
( W.F., Jr. Stafford (ed);J. Blagbrough;P. Chaujar;S.E. Brewer, / Child Workers in Asia , 2007)

This document presents an overview of bonded child labour in South and Southeast Asia, and provides information on legal instruments and approaches that organisations might use to fight it.
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