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.
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Adwuma Pa 11/16/2018 - 11/15/2023 The Adwuma Pa project worked to reduce the risk of child, forced, and exploitive labor practices of vulnerable women aged 18+ and adolescent girls aged 15–17 within 80 cocoa-producing communities across four districts in Ghana. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Coffee Supply Chain in Honduras 12/15/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project helps businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains. It is assembling a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project promotes supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and helps to create a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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 Sector 12/23/2022 - 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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Improving Working Conditions in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain (CALLE) 12/15/2019 - 03/30/2024 The Improving Working Conditions in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain project is working to improve the quality of inspections and inspection follow-ups conducted by labor inspectors; strengthen government administration and coordination of the labor inspectorate and other institutions involved in labor law enforcement; and strengthen the ability of labor courts and other institutions to effectively conciliate and adjudicate labor cases, including administration and coordination of union representation challenges. |
American Institutes for Research |
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Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cobalt Industry (COTECCO) 10/15/2018 - 05/16/2024 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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Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced Labor 12/15/2019 - 06/14/2024 This project aims to promote increased use of forced labor research in policy and programmatic decision-making to help eliminate forced labor around the world. The project will achieve this by increasing knowledge through robust research on forced labor in the textile and garment sector and engaging decision makers and stakeholders to use this knowledge to take actions against forced labor. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Improving Labor Law Enforcement in Guatemala 10/01/2018 - 06/30/2024 Promoting acceptable working conditions in trade partner countries helps the U.S. create a fair playing field for its own workforce and for U.S. companies that play by the rules. This project seeks to ensure that workers in the agricultural export sector in Guatemala, with whom the U.S. has a free trade agreement, receive at least the minimum wage, work within legal hours of work limits, receive due compensation for overtime, and operate in a safe working environment. A particular focus is on improving the capacity of the labor inspectorate and judiciary to become more efficient and effective in investigating violations regarding acceptable conditions of work in the agricultural export sector. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Attaining Lasting Change (ATLAS) 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2024 The ATLAS project builds the capacity of governments to combat child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking by helping them strengthen their laws, regulations, and enforcement efforts and enhance coordination between law enforcement and social protection entities. After completing the implementation and institutionalization of interventions in Argentina, Thailand, and Paraguay in 2022, ATLAS will continue working in Liberia to help develop a new child labor law and advocate for its passage. The project will also support the dissemination, implementation, and institutionalization of best practices in support of labor laws and policies recently approved by the Government of Liberia. |
Winrock International |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam 12/31/2014 - 06/30/2024 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Title | Grantee | Tags |
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Adwuma Pa 11/16/2018 - 11/15/2023 The Adwuma Pa project worked to reduce the risk of child, forced, and exploitive labor practices of vulnerable women aged 18+ and adolescent girls aged 15–17 within 80 cocoa-producing communities across four districts in Ghana. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Coffee Supply Chain in Honduras 12/15/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project helps businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains. It is assembling a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project promotes supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and helps to create a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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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 Sector 12/23/2022 - 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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Improving Working Conditions in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain (CALLE) 12/15/2019 - 03/30/2024 The Improving Working Conditions in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain project is working to improve the quality of inspections and inspection follow-ups conducted by labor inspectors; strengthen government administration and coordination of the labor inspectorate and other institutions involved in labor law enforcement; and strengthen the ability of labor courts and other institutions to effectively conciliate and adjudicate labor cases, including administration and coordination of union representation challenges. |
American Institutes for Research |
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Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cobalt Industry (COTECCO) 10/15/2018 - 05/16/2024 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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Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced Labor 12/15/2019 - 06/14/2024 This project aims to promote increased use of forced labor research in policy and programmatic decision-making to help eliminate forced labor around the world. The project will achieve this by increasing knowledge through robust research on forced labor in the textile and garment sector and engaging decision makers and stakeholders to use this knowledge to take actions against forced labor. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Improving Labor Law Enforcement in Guatemala 10/01/2018 - 06/30/2024 Promoting acceptable working conditions in trade partner countries helps the U.S. create a fair playing field for its own workforce and for U.S. companies that play by the rules. This project seeks to ensure that workers in the agricultural export sector in Guatemala, with whom the U.S. has a free trade agreement, receive at least the minimum wage, work within legal hours of work limits, receive due compensation for overtime, and operate in a safe working environment. A particular focus is on improving the capacity of the labor inspectorate and judiciary to become more efficient and effective in investigating violations regarding acceptable conditions of work in the agricultural export sector. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Attaining Lasting Change (ATLAS) 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2024 The ATLAS project builds the capacity of governments to combat child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking by helping them strengthen their laws, regulations, and enforcement efforts and enhance coordination between law enforcement and social protection entities. After completing the implementation and institutionalization of interventions in Argentina, Thailand, and Paraguay in 2022, ATLAS will continue working in Liberia to help develop a new child labor law and advocate for its passage. The project will also support the dissemination, implementation, and institutionalization of best practices in support of labor laws and policies recently approved by the Government of Liberia. |
Winrock International |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam 12/31/2014 - 06/30/2024 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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