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Local development, productive networks and training: alternative approaches to training and work for young people
Inter-American Research and Documentation Centre on Vocational Training (ILO), 2004This paper explores new local development approaches as opportunities for improvement in training and youth employment policies. The approaches described and the experiences outlined in the paper open up areas for reflection for the whole field of vocational training, particularly the idea of restoring training to an outstanding role in relation to economic and social development.DocumentLiving in fear: child soldiers and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka
Human Rights Watch, 2004This report focuses on the continued LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) recruitment of children in Sri Lanka during the cease-fire period, including re-recruitment of children released from the LTTE’s eastern faction in 2004.DocumentReport on laws and legal procedures concerning the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Indonesia
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes, 2004This paper reports the findings from research on the domestic legislation and legal procedures in Indonesia as they relate to the commercial sexual exploitation of children.DocumentOrphanhood and child vulnerability: Côte D’Ivoire
Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004This paper explores the effect of orphanhood and fostering on child vulnerability in Côte D’Ivoire in particular, and the links between AIDS orphans, schooling, and child labour in general.The main findings of the study include:orphanhood increases child vulnerability in two main ways: it makes it much more likely that a child is denied schooling and much more likely that a child is expDocumentOrphanhood and child vulnerability: Senegal
Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004This paper explores the effect of orphanhood and fostering on child vulnerability in Senegal in particular, and the links between AIDS orphans, schooling, and child labour in general.The main findings of the study include:orphanhood increases child vulnerability mainly because the child is much more likely to be denied schoolingcompared to non-orphans, double orphans are six percentDocumentCosts and benefits of eliminating child labour in Kenya
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2003The Kenyan government’s commitment to eliminating child labour is stated in various Government policy documents, national legislations, international conventions protecting children, and the UN charter on the rights of children, to which Kenya is a signatory.DocumentChild labor, school attendance, and indigenous households: evidence from Mexico
World Bank, 2005This paper looks at the impact of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program PROGESA (now OPORTUNIDADES) on child labour, emphasising the differential impact on indigenous households.DocumentChild trafficking for camel races: a perspective from Pakistan
Centre for research and social development, 2004This paper looks at the issues surrounding child trafficking for camel races in Pakistan. Specifically it analyses the causes of trafficking, and examines interventions and reintegration, as well as government initiatives and international instruments.Pakistan is a source country for young boys who are trafficked to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar as camel jockeys.DocumentChild labour in India: a health and human rights perspective
The Lancet, 2003This article, published in the Lancet, reports on a study by the Physicians for Human Rights Child Rights Group which investigated the health of children working in hybrid cottonseed fields in rural Andhra Pradesh, India. The study found that the majority of children surveyed were in debt bondage to pay off a family loan or advance.