Resources

ICI’s Understanding Child Labour Risk study identified a limited set of community characteristics, which can be collected easily and at low cost, that can be used to predict a community’s child labour risk. The research team produced two, country-specific models – one for Côte d’Ivoire and one for Ghana – which can be used to identify and target the most vulnerable communities for support. By answering a few simple questions, a community can be classified in one of three categories: lower, medium or higher risk of child labour. Data collection tools were developed using KoBo Toolbox and are

The International Labour Organization (ILO), the OECD, IOM and UNICEF have published a report ‘Ending child labour, forced and human trafficking in global supply chains‘. The new report is launched as part of Alliance 8.7, a global partnership committed to ending child labour and modern slavery, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.

This new Policy Briefing Paper, jointly published by Time to Talk and Young Lives, explores policies and measures to incorporate working children’s views in policy interventions.

This article examines the impacts of two large-scale cash transfer programmes in Malawi and Zambia on child labour. Both programmes increased children’s exposure to work in agriculture that may be harmful to them, yet resulted in positive impacts on children’s school attendance and material well-being. The results demonstrate some of the complex effects of increasing incomes in agricultural areas.

This ICI review analyses current due diligence and transparency legislation through the lens of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).