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Technical Cooperation Project Summary

Project Title

Worldwide Awareness against Child Labor/ Global March Against Child Labor

Ilab Program

International Child Labor Technical Assistance

Region/Country

GLOBAL

Project Duration

March 2000 – January 2004 (Closed)

Fiscal Year & Funding Level

FY1996: $174,178

Problem to be Addressed

Although, the ILO estimates that there are 211 million child laborers in the world today, there is widespread lack of awareness and tolerance of child labor at the local, national and international levels.

Project Objectives

Development Objective: The elimination of child labor through the mobilization of multi-sectoral support and international solidarity around child labor.

  • Sensitize and raise awareness of communities, civil society, governments, and private sector about child labor.
  • Mobilize public opinion and action against the social injustices which contribute to child labor, urge governments to adopt policies which protect children, and promote the provision of rehabilitative and education alternatives for child laborers.

Summary of Activities
  • March across 80,000 kilometers in 56 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, to raise awareness and ownership of child labor issues and gauge support for eliminating child labor;
  • Build capacity of partners in developing countries to organize of local, national, regional and international level activities related to the March and strengthen network of organizations combating child labor;
  • Encourage governments to make specific commitments to work towards the elimination of exploitative child labor at meetings and rallies held during the March. In June 1998, bring international attention on child labor to support the ratification of Convention 182 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor.

Partner Organizations

Executing Agency

International Labor Organization’s International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC)

Implementing and Collaborating Agencies
Global March Against Child Labor.

International Secretariat: South Asian Child Laborers Freedom March (Delhi) Headquarters for 27 participants from 17 countries.

Regional Coordinators: Visayan Forum Foundation (Philippines); Abrinq Foundation (Brazil); Terre des Hommes Suisse (Switzerland); The Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect-ANPPCAN (Kenya); WAO-Afrique (Togo); Defensa de los Niños Internacional (Costa Rica); Mani Tese (Italy); and Salvati Copiii (Romania). Numerous national coordinators.

Contact Information

International Child Labor Program

(202) 693-4843