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
Watoto ni Hazina (Children Are Treasure):12/01/2024 - 06/30/2029 The Watoto ni Hazina Project seeks to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders in the Untied Republic of Tanzania to address child labor and promote acceptable conditions of work in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. |
Pact, Inc. |
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Worker Empowerment in South America12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The Worker Empowerment in South America project seeks to improve respect for labor rights in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru by strengthening democratic, independent workers' organizations in the agricultural, platform (gig) economy, manufacturing, and mining sectors. |
Solidarity Center |
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Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa project seeks to address discrimination and sexual violence and sex-based harassment in the world of work in the mining, palm oil, and rubber sectors in Liberia, and in the oil sector in Nigeria. |
Solidarity Center |
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Madagascar Shines: Reducing Child Labor in Mica-Producing Communities of Madagascar02/14/2022 - 12/09/2025 The Madagascar Shines project aims to reduce child labor in mica-producing communities in the Anôsy region of Madagascar through community engagement, coordination, and capacity building. |
Pact |
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Support the Promotion of Labor Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)12/15/2021 - 12/31/2025 This project seeks to promote greater compliance with labor law and standards for acceptable conditions of work, including occupational safety and health, hours of work, and wages in the DRC’s mining, distribution, and construction/public works sectors. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Eliminating Child Labor in Mica-Producing Communities and Promoting Responsible Mica Sourcing in Madagascar and Globally (MICA)12/16/2020 - 09/15/2021 The goal of the UNDP’s MICA project is to eliminate child labor in four communes in Madagascar and to promote environmentally- and socially-responsible mica mining by bolstering the resiliency of vulnerable households in mica producing communities, building government capacity, and increasing engagement with stakeholders. |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
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Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cobalt Industry (COTECCO)10/15/2018 - 10/16/2024 The COTECCO project works to address child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) cobalt supply chain, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining. It supports key stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines, as well as in the broader cobalt supply chain. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Pilares: Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Combat Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Colombia12/15/2017 - 05/30/2025 This project is building the capacity of civil society organizations to more effectively detect and combat child labor and other unacceptable working conditions (OUWC) in artisanal and small-scale mines in Colombia. Pilares formed networks of civil society organizations and empowered local communities to build grassroots movements to improve working conditions and reduce the risk that children will be used in this harmful work.
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Pact |
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Somos Tesoro (We Are a Treasure): Project to Reduce Child Labor in Colombia09/30/2013 - 09/30/2020 |
Pact |
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Strengthening Unions to Promote Vulnerable Workers' Rights in Peru12/31/2012 - 12/31/2014 |
Solidarity Center |
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Watoto ni Hazina (Children Are Treasure):12/01/2024 - 06/30/2029 The Watoto ni Hazina Project seeks to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders in the Untied Republic of Tanzania to address child labor and promote acceptable conditions of work in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. |
Pact, Inc. |
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Worker Empowerment in South America12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The Worker Empowerment in South America project seeks to improve respect for labor rights in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru by strengthening democratic, independent workers' organizations in the agricultural, platform (gig) economy, manufacturing, and mining sectors. |
Solidarity Center |
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Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa12/15/2022 - 12/14/2026 The Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa project seeks to address discrimination and sexual violence and sex-based harassment in the world of work in the mining, palm oil, and rubber sectors in Liberia, and in the oil sector in Nigeria. |
Solidarity Center |
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Madagascar Shines: Reducing Child Labor in Mica-Producing Communities of Madagascar02/14/2022 - 12/09/2025 The Madagascar Shines project aims to reduce child labor in mica-producing communities in the Anôsy region of Madagascar through community engagement, coordination, and capacity building. |
Pact |
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Support the Promotion of Labor Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)12/15/2021 - 12/31/2025 This project seeks to promote greater compliance with labor law and standards for acceptable conditions of work, including occupational safety and health, hours of work, and wages in the DRC’s mining, distribution, and construction/public works sectors. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Eliminating Child Labor in Mica-Producing Communities and Promoting Responsible Mica Sourcing in Madagascar and Globally (MICA)12/16/2020 - 09/15/2021 The goal of the UNDP’s MICA project is to eliminate child labor in four communes in Madagascar and to promote environmentally- and socially-responsible mica mining by bolstering the resiliency of vulnerable households in mica producing communities, building government capacity, and increasing engagement with stakeholders. |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
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Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cobalt Industry (COTECCO)10/15/2018 - 10/16/2024 The COTECCO project works to address child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) cobalt supply chain, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining. It supports key stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines, as well as in the broader cobalt supply chain. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Pilares: Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Combat Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Colombia12/15/2017 - 05/30/2025 This project is building the capacity of civil society organizations to more effectively detect and combat child labor and other unacceptable working conditions (OUWC) in artisanal and small-scale mines in Colombia. Pilares formed networks of civil society organizations and empowered local communities to build grassroots movements to improve working conditions and reduce the risk that children will be used in this harmful work.
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Pact |
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Somos Tesoro (We Are a Treasure): Project to Reduce Child Labor in Colombia09/30/2013 - 09/30/2020 |
Pact |
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Strengthening Unions to Promote Vulnerable Workers' Rights in Peru12/31/2012 - 12/31/2014 |
Solidarity Center |
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