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International Labour
Organisation
The ILO formulates international
labour standards in the form of
Conventions and Recommendations
setting minimum standards of basic
labour rights: freedom of association,
the right to organise, collective
bargaining, abolition of forced labour,
equality of opportunity and
treatment and other standards
addressing conditions across the
entire spectrum of work-related
issues
The ILO's diverse tasks are grouped
under four strategic objectives
The four strategic objectives
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Promote and realise standards and
fundamental principles and rights at work
Create greater opportunities for women
and men to secure decent employment
and income
Enhance the coverage and effectiveness of
social protection for all
Strengthen tripartism and social dialogue
The ILO accomplishes its work
through three main bodies, all of
which comprise government,
employer and worker
representatives.
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The ILO and its partners stand for a
world where no girl or boy is forced
to work at the expense of their
health and development or their
future prospects of decent work. A
future without child labour is at last
within reach.
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Significant progress is being made
worldwide in combating child labour.
The new global estimates of trends
reinforce this message of hope.
However, a strong and sustained
global movement is needed to
provide the extra push towards
eliminating the scourge of child
labour
Defining child labour
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The term “child labour” is often
defined as work that deprives
children of their childhood, their
potential and their dignity, and that
is harmful to physical and mental
development.
It refers to work that:
 is mentally, physically, socially or morally
dangerous and harmful to children and
interferes with their schooling by:
 depriving them of the opportunity to
attend school;
 obliging them to leave school
prematurely; or
 requiring them to attempt to combine
school attendance with excessively long
and heavy work.
Action against child labour
International Program on the
Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
aim is the progressive elimination of
child labour worldwide, with the
eradication of the worst forms an
urgent priority.
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IPEC works to build the capacities of
labour inspectorates and other
enforcement agencies to take action
against child labour, especially in
respect of hazardous child labour and
child labour monitoring.
Since it began operations in 1992,
IPEC has worked to achieve concrete
measures to end child labour; and
through awareness raising and
mobilisation intended to change
social attitudes and promote
ratification and effective
implementation of ILO child labour
Conventions.
These efforts have resulted in
hundreds of thousands of children
being withdrawn from work and
rehabilitated or prevented from
entering the workforce.
Complementary to this direct
action throughout has been
substantial in-depth statistical and
qualitative research, policy and legal
analysis, program evaluation and
child labour monitoring
Child labour monitoring (CLM)
CLM is the active process involves
the identification, referral, protection
and prevention of child labourers
through the development of a
coordinated multi-sector monitoring
and referral process that aims to
cover all children living in a given
geographical area.