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This report assesses the current landscape of efforts to address child labor and forced labor in the cocoa supply chains in Ecuador, Brazil, and Indonesia. The main research questions focused on (a) the identification of efforts of governments, industry, and civil society organizations to address child and forced labor in the cocoa sectors; (b) identification of the challenges encountered in these efforts; (c) review of situations that could potentially increase child and forced labor in the cocoa supply chain; and (d) identification of indications that these child labor and forced labor situations exist in the cocoa sector in these countries.

This paper is aimed at providing an initial picture of some of the key channels through which climate change is linked to child labor, and the broad implications for policy moving forward. This paper explains that while it is widely recognized that climate change is affecting the global labor force, its effects on child labor have received less research attention and cannot be directly derived from its effects on adult work, as the underlying drivers of child labor and its associated risks are quite different. This paper demonstrates that children are a population group particularly at risk from the system shocks caused by climate change, such as industrial disruption, food insecurity, and compromised health, with particular threats to the agriculture sector, where 70% of all child labor is located.

This issue paper addresses the twin challenges of child labor and education exclusion among indigenous children. The paper demonstrates that indigenous children face a higher risk of child labor than other children, and are often significantly over-represented in hazardous work and the worst forms of child labor. These children also face limited access to education, with particular limitations found among indigenous girls. Factors influencing this situation include land dispossession, climate change, migration, and constraints on traditional indigenous livelihoods

An infographic that presents visual representations of facts and statistics related to child labor in the brick industry of Nepal, including information related to demographics, working conditions, factors leading to labor exploitation, and geographical information. This infographic also includes intervention recommendations.

A compilation of three standalone reports on the situation of children in the brick, zari, and carpet industries across 49 areas of Nepal, based on survey data, case studies, and policy reviews. This information was then used to design awareness raising and prevention activities and to determine rehabilitative services to protect children from further harm and inform local government and NGO policies and future programs.

This report presents the findings from a series of interviews with returned Bangladeshi migrant workers with recent experience working in the garment sector of Mauritius in an effort to understand the nature and characteristics of forced labor vulnerability in the interview population. Interviewers analyzed respondents' experiences according to a set of ILO forced labor indicators. Findings include a prevalence of reported forced labor, exploitative fees charged by labor agents as a condition of employment, deceptive recruiting and remuneration processes, and workers having received inadequate medical care.

A toolkit created to help journalists report on fair recruitment and forced labour in Uzbekistan.   Contains best practices, examples of good reporting, and tips from journalists experienced in covering these often-challenging subjects.

An animated video, aimed at municipal-level public officials and generated by Peru's Superintendencia Nacional de Fiscalización Laboral (SUNAFIL), designed to raise awareness of the problem of forced labor in Peru.  

A pamphlet, aimed at municipal-level public officials and generated by Peru's Superintendencia Nacional de Fiscalización Laboral (SUNAFIL), designed to raise awareness of the problem of forced labor in Peru.

A lesson in the "Cocoa Supplier Training on Forced Labour" curriculum. This lesson focuses on the root causes of forced labor.