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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Measurement, Awareness-Raising, and Policy Engagement (MAP 16) Project on Child Labor and Forced Labor 12/09/2016 - 06/30/2024 The United States supports the goal of bringing meaningful change to the lives of the 152 million child laborers and the 25 million adults and children in forced labor around the world by eradicating child labor, forced labor and human trafficking. USDOL’s MAP 16 project supports this goal through efforts to (1) improve the knowledge base on child labor, forced labor and human trafficking; (2) improve awareness of these issues through the use of data-driven techniques; (3) strengthen policies and improve the capacity of governments and other stakeholders to combat child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking through national, regional, and global initiatives; and (4) strengthen partnerships to accelerate progress in combatting child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Palma Futuro: Preventing and Reducing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Palm Oil Supply Chains 01/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 This project works to improve the implementation of social compliance systems that promote acceptable conditions of work and the prevention and reduction of child and forced labor in palm oil supply chains in Colombia and Ecuador. It also disseminates best practices in social compliance systems in these and other palm oil producing countries, particularly Brazil and Peru. |
Partners of the Americas |
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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. Campos de Esperanza also works to strengthen the Mexican government’s capacity to prevent and manage Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown causes and improve working conditions based on regional and international best practices in partnership with the private sector and community-based groups. |
World Vision |
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Vamos Tejiendo: Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Agriculture (EQUAL) in Colombia 12/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 EQUAL/Colombia aims to reduce the risk of child labor, forced labor, and other violations of labor rights by empowering vulnerable women and girls working in the production of unrefined brown sugar (panela) and the cut flowers sector and promoting a better understanding of labor rights. |
Pact |
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Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Industry 08/26/2022 - 08/25/2024 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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Against Child Exploitation (ACE) Project 09/30/2019 - 09/30/2024 ACE seeks to strengthen governments and communities in Asia to address the worst forms of child labor, including the online sexual exploitation of children, and promote acceptable conditions of work through a unified and participatory approach in the Philippines and Vietnam. |
World Vision |
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My-PEC: Myanmar Program on the Elimination of Child Labor 12/31/2013 - 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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BuildCA2P: Building Capacity, Awareness, Advocacy and Programs Project 10/01/2018 - 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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Futuros Brillantes: Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Labor Rights and Working Conditions in Honduras 09/30/2014 - 09/30/2024 |
World Vision |
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Improving Workers’ Rights in the Rural Sectors of the Indo Pacific with a Focus on Women 12/01/2020 - 11/30/2024 Despite the significance of the agriculture, fishing, and mining industries to the US’ trade relations with Philippines and Indonesia, these sectors are characterized by poverty and poor working conditions, especially at the lower tiers of the supply chain in rural areas. This projects aims to address these issues through a varied mix of coordinated and gender-responsive interventions to contribute to the strengthening of national frameworks (to include national and regional tripartite mechanisms) on labor, gender equality and OSH, and an enabling environment to promote compliance in these rural areas. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Measurement, Awareness-Raising, and Policy Engagement (MAP 16) Project on Child Labor and Forced Labor 12/09/2016 - 06/30/2024 The United States supports the goal of bringing meaningful change to the lives of the 152 million child laborers and the 25 million adults and children in forced labor around the world by eradicating child labor, forced labor and human trafficking. USDOL’s MAP 16 project supports this goal through efforts to (1) improve the knowledge base on child labor, forced labor and human trafficking; (2) improve awareness of these issues through the use of data-driven techniques; (3) strengthen policies and improve the capacity of governments and other stakeholders to combat child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking through national, regional, and global initiatives; and (4) strengthen partnerships to accelerate progress in combatting child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Palma Futuro: Preventing and Reducing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Palm Oil Supply Chains 01/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 This project works to improve the implementation of social compliance systems that promote acceptable conditions of work and the prevention and reduction of child and forced labor in palm oil supply chains in Colombia and Ecuador. It also disseminates best practices in social compliance systems in these and other palm oil producing countries, particularly Brazil and Peru. |
Partners of the Americas |
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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. Campos de Esperanza also works to strengthen the Mexican government’s capacity to prevent and manage Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown causes and improve working conditions based on regional and international best practices in partnership with the private sector and community-based groups. |
World Vision |
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Vamos Tejiendo: Equal Access to Quality Jobs for Women and Girls in Agriculture (EQUAL) in Colombia 12/01/2019 - 07/30/2024 EQUAL/Colombia aims to reduce the risk of child labor, forced labor, and other violations of labor rights by empowering vulnerable women and girls working in the production of unrefined brown sugar (panela) and the cut flowers sector and promoting a better understanding of labor rights. |
Pact |
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Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Industry 08/26/2022 - 08/25/2024 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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Against Child Exploitation (ACE) Project 09/30/2019 - 09/30/2024 ACE seeks to strengthen governments and communities in Asia to address the worst forms of child labor, including the online sexual exploitation of children, and promote acceptable conditions of work through a unified and participatory approach in the Philippines and Vietnam. |
World Vision |
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My-PEC: Myanmar Program on the Elimination of Child Labor 12/31/2013 - 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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BuildCA2P: Building Capacity, Awareness, Advocacy and Programs Project 10/01/2018 - 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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Futuros Brillantes: Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Labor Rights and Working Conditions in Honduras 09/30/2014 - 09/30/2024 |
World Vision |
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Improving Workers’ Rights in the Rural Sectors of the Indo Pacific with a Focus on Women 12/01/2020 - 11/30/2024 Despite the significance of the agriculture, fishing, and mining industries to the US’ trade relations with Philippines and Indonesia, these sectors are characterized by poverty and poor working conditions, especially at the lower tiers of the supply chain in rural areas. This projects aims to address these issues through a varied mix of coordinated and gender-responsive interventions to contribute to the strengthening of national frameworks (to include national and regional tripartite mechanisms) on labor, gender equality and OSH, and an enabling environment to promote compliance in these rural areas. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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