Overviews and Factsheets

About Child Labor
U.S. Dept of Labor - International Child Labor Program

Child Labor and Bonded Child Labor
Brief info from on child labor, with a focus on the issue of bonded child labor.
Human Rights Watch

Child Labor: FAQ's
Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change

Child Labour Factsheet
Anti-Slavery International

Christian Aid Policy Briefing on Child Labor
Christian Aid UK

FAQs about the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
Global March Against Child Labour

Promises Broken: Child Labor
Human Rights Watch

The State of the World's Children 1997 (Focus on Child Labor) - Abbreviated Online Summary
UNICEF

Where, Why, Who, How... The Facts about Child Labour
ILO - International Labor Organization

Child Labour in India
With credible estimates ranging from 60 to 115 million, India has the dubious distinction of being the nation with the largest number of child labourers in the world.
South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS)

ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
Since its unanimous adoption by the International Labour Conference in 1999, Convention No. 182 has been ratified by nearly 120 of the ILO's 175 member States.
International Labour Organization

Ratification Report on ILO Conventions 138 and 182
Complete, updated status of ratification by country.
Global March Against Child Labour

Statistics on Working Children and Hazardous Child Labour in Brief
International Labour Organizatoin (ILO)

The Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No. 182) Comes into Force: What does this mean?
International Labour Organization

A Future Without Child Labour - ILO Global Report 2002
The ILO's comprehensive, global study on the subject of child labour. One of the key findings: 179 million children aged 5-17 are still exposed to the worst forms of child labor.
International Labour Organization

Advancing the Campaign Against Child Labor: Efforts at the Country Level
U.S Department of Labor ILAB

Beyond Child Labour, Affirming Rights
UNICEF report on child labor, 2001.
UNICEF

Child Domestic Workers: finding a voice, a handbook on advocacy
A practical "how to" guide which will help local level NGOs and activists plan, design, implement and evaluate the impact of an advocacy strategy on child domestic workers.
Anti-Slavery International

Every Child Counts: New Global Estimates on Child Labour
International Labour Organization

Global Report on the Worst Forms of Child Labour: Out of the Shadows
Global March Against Child Labour

The State of the World's Children 1997: Focus on Child Labour
UNICEF

Big Business, Small Hands: Responsible Approaches to Child Labour
Save the Children UK

By the Sweat & Toil of Children (Volume V) - Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor
U.S. Dept of Labor - Bureau of International Labor Affairs

By the Sweat & Toil of Children (Volume VI) - An Economic Consideration of Child Labor
In the Department of Labor's sixth annual report on international child labor, ILAB undertakes an economic consideration of child labor.
U.S. Dept of Labor - Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Child Labor in Agriculture
Of nearly 250 million children engaged in child labor around the world, the vast majority- 70 percent, or some 170 million-are working in agriculture.
Human Rights Watch

Child Labor: Issues and Directions for the World Bank
This paper proposes that the World Bank take stronger action to help address the child labor issue more pro-actively
The World Bank

Child labour conference opens in The Hague
Child labour is the focus of an international conference beginning in the Netherlands. An estimated 250 million children aged between five and 15 are employed worldwide, mostly in developing countries.  R
BBC, 25 February, 2002

Child labour 'fuels commodity trade'
A high proportion of globally-traded commodity crops such as cocoa, coffee and tea are produced by child workers, according to a new United Nations (UN) report.  R
BBC, 6 May, 2002

ILO Convention No. 138 - Minimum Age
International Labour Organization

The Small Hands of Slavery: Bonded Child Labor in India
In-depth report. With credible estimates ranging from 60 to 115 million, India has the largest number of working children in the world. At least fifteen million of them, however, are workingas virtual slaves. These are the bonded child laborers of India. This report is about them.
Human Rights Watch