Our international grants support projects to combat some of the most abusive labor practices, including the use of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in global supply chains. ILAB-funded projects also promote trade partners’ compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. trade agreements and preference programs – helping to ensure a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world.
Results
Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Agriculture in the Dominican Republic (FORMITRA)12/08/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project supported the Dominican government’s efforts to combat child labor and strengthen labor law enforcement. Building off the commitment of the Ministry of Labor, the project helped promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa Sector12/23/2022 - 03/26/2024 The goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
American Institutes for Research |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam12/31/2014 - 06/30/2024 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope)11/11/2016 - 07/30/2024 Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope) engages the government, the private sector, and civil society to reduce child labor in migrant agricultural communities, particularly in the coffee and sugarcane sectors in Veracruz and Oaxaca. The project links children and youth to existing educational programs and refers vulnerable households to existing government programs to improve income and reduce the need for child labor. |
World Vision |
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BuildCA2P: Building Capacity, Awareness, Advocacy and Programs Project10/01/2018 - 09/30/2024 The BuildCA2P Project works to build the capacity of Filipino civil society to more effectively detect and combat child labor and other labor abuses in the agricultural sector in Mindanao, Philippines. It leverages partnerships with academic and advocacy organizations to build a grassroots movement, empower vulnerable families, connect survivors to grievance mechanisms and services, and reduce the risk that children will be harmed by performing hazardous work in agriculture. |
ChildFund International |
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My-PEC: Myanmar Program on the Elimination of Child Labor12/31/2013 - 09/30/2024 The goal of the project is to reduce child labor in Burma through the establishment of a comprehensive, inclusive, and efficient multi-stakeholder response. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Combating Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking of Adults and Children12/01/2017 - 12/01/2024 This project builds the capacity of the government and businesses to expand and better coordinate ongoing labor trafficking enforcement efforts in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Benin. By putting the right tools in the hands of labor inspectors, business owners, workers, and service providers, the project will advance greater supply chain transparency and accountability. |
Verité |
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MATE MASIE – Making Advances to Eliminate Child Labor in More Areas with Sustainable Integrated Efforts12/07/2020 - 12/06/2024 The MATE MASIE project seeks to strengthen capacity, connections, and accountability across child labor enforcement and monitoring within cocoa cooperatives. It works to build the capacity of cocoa cooperatives to support vulnerable member households directly and by linking their members with other service providers. |
Winrock International |
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EQUAL - Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Mexico12/15/2019 - 12/14/2024 EQUAL seeks to increase job quality and safety, create opportunities for economic participation, and address gaps in social programs to reach remote and impoverished families in Mexico. |
World Vision |
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She Thrives: Reducing Child Labor in Ethiopia’s Agricultural Sector using a Gender-Focused Approach12/07/2020 - 02/06/2025 The She Thrives project seeks to build agency of vulnerable women and girls in the Ethiopian agricultural sector, change community social norms and traditions that uphold child labor and gender inequality, and transform laws, policies and institutions to be more gender equitable and support efforts to reduce child labor in Ethiopia. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Agriculture in the Dominican Republic (FORMITRA)12/08/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project supported the Dominican government’s efforts to combat child labor and strengthen labor law enforcement. Building off the commitment of the Ministry of Labor, the project helped promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa Sector12/23/2022 - 03/26/2024 The goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
American Institutes for Research |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam12/31/2014 - 06/30/2024 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope)11/11/2016 - 07/30/2024 Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope) engages the government, the private sector, and civil society to reduce child labor in migrant agricultural communities, particularly in the coffee and sugarcane sectors in Veracruz and Oaxaca. The project links children and youth to existing educational programs and refers vulnerable households to existing government programs to improve income and reduce the need for child labor. |
World Vision |
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BuildCA2P: Building Capacity, Awareness, Advocacy and Programs Project10/01/2018 - 09/30/2024 The BuildCA2P Project works to build the capacity of Filipino civil society to more effectively detect and combat child labor and other labor abuses in the agricultural sector in Mindanao, Philippines. It leverages partnerships with academic and advocacy organizations to build a grassroots movement, empower vulnerable families, connect survivors to grievance mechanisms and services, and reduce the risk that children will be harmed by performing hazardous work in agriculture. |
ChildFund International |
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My-PEC: Myanmar Program on the Elimination of Child Labor12/31/2013 - 09/30/2024 The goal of the project is to reduce child labor in Burma through the establishment of a comprehensive, inclusive, and efficient multi-stakeholder response. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Combating Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking of Adults and Children12/01/2017 - 12/01/2024 This project builds the capacity of the government and businesses to expand and better coordinate ongoing labor trafficking enforcement efforts in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Benin. By putting the right tools in the hands of labor inspectors, business owners, workers, and service providers, the project will advance greater supply chain transparency and accountability. |
Verité |
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MATE MASIE – Making Advances to Eliminate Child Labor in More Areas with Sustainable Integrated Efforts12/07/2020 - 12/06/2024 The MATE MASIE project seeks to strengthen capacity, connections, and accountability across child labor enforcement and monitoring within cocoa cooperatives. It works to build the capacity of cocoa cooperatives to support vulnerable member households directly and by linking their members with other service providers. |
Winrock International |
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EQUAL - Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Mexico12/15/2019 - 12/14/2024 EQUAL seeks to increase job quality and safety, create opportunities for economic participation, and address gaps in social programs to reach remote and impoverished families in Mexico. |
World Vision |
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She Thrives: Reducing Child Labor in Ethiopia’s Agricultural Sector using a Gender-Focused Approach12/07/2020 - 02/06/2025 The She Thrives project seeks to build agency of vulnerable women and girls in the Ethiopian agricultural sector, change community social norms and traditions that uphold child labor and gender inequality, and transform laws, policies and institutions to be more gender equitable and support efforts to reduce child labor in Ethiopia. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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