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Developed by the UNICEF Innocenti Global Office of Strategy and Evidence and the University of Ghana, this study examines how estimates of children’s participation in work and education differ depending on whether information is reported by children themselves or by parents or caregivers. Drawing on data from Ghana and Burkina Faso, the study finds that children generally report higher participation in household chores and economic activities, as well as more time spent working, than proxy respondents. In Ghana, children’s self-reports resulted in child labour prevalence estimates around 20%

Save the Children implemented the Stop Child Labour in Cocoa Sourcing Communities project in partnership with Ferrero between 2020 and 2025 in selected cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire. The project responded to persistently high rates of child labour in cocoa production and to the recognition that child labour is deeply embedded within broader systems of poverty, limited educational access, social norms, and under-resourced child protection institutions. Rather than focusing solely on child labour as a compliance issue, the project sought to address both immediate manifestations and

The Compendium of Statistics on Child Labour in Ghana has been developed to address the critical need for a standardised, coherent statistical framework for monitoring child labour.

This study evaluates the impact of the midday meal program in India on the prevalence of child labour among upper primary school-going children.

The ILO Convention 182 requires each country through tripartite arrangements to develop a list of hazardous sectors and activities guided by ILO recommendation 190. Although section 91 of the Children’s Act (Act 560) provides a list of hazardous child labour activities, the list is limited and not in full conformity with ILO Convention 182 and its recommendation.