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 Address Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Improve Working Conditions in Select Supply Chains in Brazil and Other Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean12/01/2024 - 11/30/2028 Starting in Brazil, the project will enlist government, employers, and workers’ organizations in sector-specific pacts (“pactos”) to address the challenges of child labor and forced labor and to improve working conditions in supply chains. The project will work to enhance collaboration among the pactos members, build their capacity, and enhance engagement with local worker- and community-serving organizations and individuals, bringing them into dialogue and decision-making processes and increasing worker voice throughout select supply chains. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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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Strengthening Social Compliance Project01/01/2024 - 12/31/2026 The project aims to prevent labor exploitation by improving the implementation of worker-driven social compliance systems that promote labor rights and acceptable conditions of work, including the elimination of forced labor in supply chains. The project will be piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector to create a model for robust social compliance systems. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Project to Increase Municipal Collective Action to Address Child Labor and Forced Labor in Mexico12/15/2023 - 12/14/2027 The project will build capacity among municipal stakeholders, such as government officials, workers, worker organizations, labor unions, civil society organizations, community groups, and private-sector stakeholders, to work together to design and implement locally led actions to address child and forced labor in targeted municipalities in Chiapas and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. |
Verité |
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Research to Action II (RTA II): Using Knowledge to Inform Action for the Elimination of Child Labor and Forced Labor12/04/2023 - 12/03/2027 The Research to Action II initiative will improve information-sharing between researchers and decision makers on child labor, forced labor, and other labor rights issues. It will strengthen statistical and research capacities of partner governments and other stakeholders, produce research and research tools, and coordinate with policy makers on a shared research agenda to advance labor rights, with a focus on child labor and forced labor. |
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 was 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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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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Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Industry08/26/2022 - 12/30/2026 This project seeks to improve labor conditions and prevent forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry by strengthening workers’ and employers’ ability to promote adherence to international labor standards. |
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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Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador12/15/2021 - 02/14/2027 The Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador (PREP4Change) project seeks to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) conditions for workers in the sugar and garment (maquila) sectors. The project will focus on workplace illnesses and injuries, chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes (CKDnt), and COVID-19. |
La Isla Network |
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Project to Address Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Improve Working Conditions in Select Supply Chains in Brazil and Other Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean12/01/2024 - 11/30/2028 Starting in Brazil, the project will enlist government, employers, and workers’ organizations in sector-specific pacts (“pactos”) to address the challenges of child labor and forced labor and to improve working conditions in supply chains. The project will work to enhance collaboration among the pactos members, build their capacity, and enhance engagement with local worker- and community-serving organizations and individuals, bringing them into dialogue and decision-making processes and increasing worker voice throughout select supply chains. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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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Strengthening Social Compliance Project01/01/2024 - 12/31/2026 The project aims to prevent labor exploitation by improving the implementation of worker-driven social compliance systems that promote labor rights and acceptable conditions of work, including the elimination of forced labor in supply chains. The project will be piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector to create a model for robust social compliance systems. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Project to Increase Municipal Collective Action to Address Child Labor and Forced Labor in Mexico12/15/2023 - 12/14/2027 The project will build capacity among municipal stakeholders, such as government officials, workers, worker organizations, labor unions, civil society organizations, community groups, and private-sector stakeholders, to work together to design and implement locally led actions to address child and forced labor in targeted municipalities in Chiapas and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. |
Verité |
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Research to Action II (RTA II): Using Knowledge to Inform Action for the Elimination of Child Labor and Forced Labor12/04/2023 - 12/03/2027 The Research to Action II initiative will improve information-sharing between researchers and decision makers on child labor, forced labor, and other labor rights issues. It will strengthen statistical and research capacities of partner governments and other stakeholders, produce research and research tools, and coordinate with policy makers on a shared research agenda to advance labor rights, with a focus on child labor and forced labor. |
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 was 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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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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Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Industry08/26/2022 - 12/30/2026 This project seeks to improve labor conditions and prevent forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry by strengthening workers’ and employers’ ability to promote adherence to international labor standards. |
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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Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador12/15/2021 - 02/14/2027 The Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador (PREP4Change) project seeks to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) conditions for workers in the sugar and garment (maquila) sectors. The project will focus on workplace illnesses and injuries, chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes (CKDnt), and COVID-19. |
La Isla Network |
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