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Child labour

Four boys in Moussadougou village, in the Southwest of Côte d'Ivoire
Report
15 June 2022
Child labour and responsible business conduct
Guidance to businesses, policy makers and other stakeholders to advance progress towards SDG Target 8.7 on eradicating child labour by 2025

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English (PDF, 8 MB)
Remarks
03 June 2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at the World Day Against Child Labour High-Level Side Event
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A child is caressed by his father as they walk to the Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre where he attends day care at the Sorwathe Tea Factory in Rwanda
Report
27 May 2022
Charting the course
Embedding children's rights in responsible business conduct

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English - Report (PDF, 13 MB)
English - Brief (PDF, 7 MB)
Spanish - Report (PDF, 3 MB)
Spanish - Brief (PDF, 2 MB)
UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, talks to school girls
Blog post
03 March 2022
Stories of suffering and hope: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Catherine Russell reflects on her first field visit as UNICEF's Executive Director
Children working at a mine site in Burkina Faso
Press release
09 June 2021
Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades
The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn 9 million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic
Document
07 April 2021
UNICEF and Year to Eliminate Child Labour

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English (PDF, 2 MB)
Twelve-year-old boy in the capital Dhaka sorts through hazardous plastic waste without any protection, exposing himself to infections and diseases like COVID-19.
Report
12 June 2020
COVID-19 and child labour
A time of crisis, a time to act

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English (PDF, 1 MB)
12-year-old Miajul sorts through hazardous plastic waste in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to support his family during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Press release
11 June 2020
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF
Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat
26-year-old Jamal, pictured with his 30-month-old daughter, Jui, works at a garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Press release
09 June 2020
New UNICEF, NBIM guidance to help businesses prioritize child rights in global supply chains
As the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens livelihoods across the globe, newly released guidance supports companies to improve their impact on children in the garment and footwear supply chain
A ten-year-old boy subjected to child labour in Bangladesh shows his hands, dirty from work, in 2018.
Programme
18 May 2020
Child labour
Nearly 1 in 10 children are subjected to child labour worldwide, with some forced into hazardous work through trafficking