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Accelerating Action Against Child Labour Accelerating action against child labour Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 2010 Accelerating action against child labour REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL Accelerating action against child labour )NQDCN4GRQTVWPFGTVJGHQNNQYWRVQVJG+.1&GENCTCVKQP QP(WPFCOGPVCN2TKPEKRNGUCPF4KIJVUCV9QTM INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE 99th Session 2010 Report I(B) INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GENEVA This Report may also be consulted on the ILO web site (www.ilo.org/declaration). ISBN 978-92-2-121873-9 (print) ISBN 978-92-2-121874-6 (web PDF) ISSN 0074-6681 First published 2010 The designations employed in ILO publications, which are in conformity with United Nations practice, and the presentation of mater ial therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Labour Office concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers. The responsibility for opinions expressed in signed articles, studies and other contributions rests solely with their authors, and publication does not constitute an endorsement by the International Labour Office of the opinions expressed in them. Reference to names of firms and commercial products and processes does not imply their endorsement by the International Labour Office, and any failure to mention a particular firm, commercial product or process is not a sign of disapproval. 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Photocomposed in Switzerland WEI Printed in Switzerland SRO %QPVGPVU 2TGHCEG . ix 'ZGEWVKXGUWOOCT[ . xiii List of abbreviations . xvii +PVTQFWEVKQP . 1 2CTV+ #F[PCOKEINQDCNRKEVWTG . 5 New global estimates on the nature and extent of child labour . 5 Progress in child labour statistics . 5 Main findings . 5 Methodology and underlying data . 13 Child labour standards and their ratification . 13 Historical background . 13 Remaining challenges . 14 2#46++ +ORQTVCPVCEJKGXGOGPVUQPVJGTQCFVQ . 19 IPEC: Twenty years in the making . 19 The 2006 Global Action Plan . 20 ILO action . 20 Supporting national efforts . 20 Data, knowledge and capacity building . 26 Sharing and translating knowledge into policy advice . 27 South–South cooperation . 28 Deepening and strengthening the worldwide movement . 29 ILO report on the worldwide movement . 29 Advocacy . 30 Enhancing the role of the social partners . 31 Corporate social responsibility . 34 Global framework agreements . 34 Alliance with the world cooperative movement . 35 Violence against children: The United Nations study . 36 Education for All: The child labour connection . 36 New international partnerships . 38 World Day against Child Labour . 39 v ACCELERATING ACTION AGAINST CHILD LABOUR Child labour and the United Nations . 39 Global conference on child labour 2010 . 40 Responding to the global economic and employment crisis . 40 Further integration of child labour into ILO priorities . 41 Child labour and youth employment linkages . 41 Special action for girls . 42 The 2008 target . 43 Focus on Africa . 43 2005 as a crucial year: The gap between promises and performance . 43 ILO action since 2006 . 44 Knowledge development . 45 Summing up . 45 2#46+++ 6WTPKPIEJCNNGPIGUKPVQQRRQTVWPKVKGU . 49 What is happening to education? . 49 The politics of eliminating child labour: A critical dimension . 50 More strategically focused efforts needed in challenging times . 50 National ownership and scaling up . 51 Time-bound Programmes . 51 Conditional cash transfers . 51 Challenges and opportunities in education . 52 Child labour and youth employment . 54 Agriculture: A challenge for action against child labour . 56 Neglected worst forms and the excluded: Important gaps remain . 56 Forced and bonded labour . 56 Child domestic workers . 58 Children affected by armed conflict . 58 Illicit activities . 59 The impact of HIV/AIDS on child labour . 59 Children on the move: Migration as an emerging concern . 60 Children with disabilities and other special educational needs . 60 Role and commitment of the social partners . 61 Corporate social responsibility . 62 The promise of United Nations reform . 63 Re-energizing the worldwide movement . 63 What kind of leadership role for the ILO?. 63 Course corrections . 64 Important partners: Working with UNICEF and international NGOs . 64 The potential of BRIC as child labour champions. 65 Advocacy . 65 Knowledge gaps and strategy . 65 Knowledge gaps . 65 Knowledge strategy . 66 Measuring national efforts and progress . 66 Ratification prospects . 67 Regional strategies . 67 Honouring commitments to Africa . 68 South Asia: A large child labour population . 69 The Americas: Good but uneven progress . 70 Arab States . 71 Europe and Central Asia . 71 Achievements at stake: Impact of the global financial and economic crisis on child labour . 72 Policy responses . 73 vi CONTENTS Next steps . 73 International trade measures and child labour . 74 The economic impact of climate change: Making the child labour case . 75 2#46+8 #EEGNGTCVKPIRTQITGUUVQYCTFU . 77 Two scenarios . 77 Past agendas . ..
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