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On the 12th of June is the World Day Against Child Labour. Every year, Stop Child Labour celebrates the work that has been done to eliminate child labour and calls attention to the work that still needs to be done. We must protect children’s rights. We all agree that children should not be working; they…

We want to congratulate Andrews Addoquaye Tagoe for receiving the 2024 Iqbal Masih Award on June 5th. “This award indicates that our work in rural communities using the CLFZ approach through the area-based approach is yielding results, even in challenging conditions,”  To eradicate all forms of child labour we need to work together, it is…

Stop Child Labour is happy to see in the Final Declaration of the Global Child Labour Conference in Argentina the recognition of the importance of area-based and community interventions for eradicating child labour.

Work: No Child’s Business is seeking an international consultancy team to facilitate a participative mid-term review of the programme. Assignment Facilitate a participative mid-term review of the Work: No Child’s Business Programme and provide the Alliance members an ‘outsiders perspective’ on achievements, the quality of our work, and the way we collaborate, and learn. Profile…

By: Akky de Kort, WNCB country lead for Uganda WNCB partners Hivos/Stop Child Labour Coalition, UNICEF and EWAD in Uganda have, together with a consortium of partners, finalized the implementation of the Joint Forces to Tackle Child Labour project in Busia, Uganda. The project supported the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities in preventing and…

The Work: No Child’s Business Alliance – consisting of UNICEF Netherlands, Save the Children Netherlands and the Stop Child Labour coalition, together with country offices and partner organizations in Uganda, Ivory Coast, Mali, Vietnam, India and Jordan – is calling on the EU to step up its trade and regulatory efforts to put into practice…

The Global Conference on Child Labour, that will take place in South Africa in May 2022, provides an opportunity, at a crucial time, to mobilise key actors within the international community to take action to protect children’s rights. The Stop Child Labour coalition, Unicef Netherlands, and Save the Children Netherlands, and partner organisations and country offices…

EWAD, Stop Child Labour partner in Uganda, works in Busia on improving education for children and vocational training for youth. This video gives a comprehensive view of the education component under the Work: No Child’s Business programme in Uganda. It very well shows what the partners are doing to protect and support children, and promote…

Uganda is among the countries that have the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world. According to UNFPA,  354,736 teenage pregnancies were registered in 2020 and 196,499 in the first 6 months of 2021. This was a period of school closures due to COVID-19. Even before COVID-19, 23% of girls dropped out of school because…

Voice of America (VO) published this video report on child labour, especially in agriculture in Africa. Gine Zwart from Arisa (Stop Child Labour partner) emphasizes that the clothing and textile companies must be transparent about where they get their cotton so that they too can contribute to eradicating child labour. Voice of America is the…

Over 80 percent of citizens from across multiple EU countries want strong laws to hold companies liable for overseas human rights and environmental violations. People affected by such corporate driven abuses must be allowed to take the companies responsible to court in Europe, according to a YouGov poll released today. The results – from nine…

In India, Stop Childlabour partner MV foundation, together with Stichting Charity Fund Rijsholt  have come up with this great initiative: “Ika Chaalu – Enough is Enough”. Ika Chaalu is a project for achieving universal education and gender equality for adolescent girls in Telangana State and is implemented jointly by MV Foundation and Stichting Charity Fund…

Today we remember Robert Gunsinze, from our partner organization UNATU – Uganda National Teachers’ Union. Robert died from Covid-19 in the midst of his life, in the midst of the fight against child labour. He is leaving behind a wife and five children of his own, and thousands of more children in Uganda that are…

On the occasion of this years focus on Child Labour, as 2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, you will find many studies and articles addressing the concerns on increasing numbers of child laborours worldwide. these are the five takeways you need to know about child labour and why there is…

Together with the rainforest alliance, Kyagalanyi coffee, Ceford, UNATU and Hivos, Stop Child Labour have been implementing Child Labour Free Zones in West-Nile, Uganda. The rainforest alliance has shared some very interesting reports on the outcomes of the project. “As is clear from the research presented in this summary, no single organization can tackle child…

Global progress to end child labour has come to a halt for the first time in over two decades, reversing the downward trend that saw child labour fall by 94 million between 2000 and 2016. It is estimated that by early 2020, 160 million children were working, which equates to approximately one in ten children.…

On the occasion of June 12th, the international day against child labour, Aob (Algemene Onderwijsbond – General Union of Teachers in the Netherlands) has updated its teaching materials on education and child labour. The three packages all contain a short movie about the life of a child labourer, a teachers’ information guide, a pupil’s information booklet,…

We are happy to share the report on the activities executed by Ceford in West Nile, Uganda, a Stop ChildLabour and Hivos partner. We have implemented CLFZ projects with them in the coffee sector with RA, UNATU and EI and Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd. Some months ago, Hivos provided them with a small grant of almost…

Tackling child labour and creating a fair supply chain in gold mines Stop Child Labour is part of a consortium of partners, led by Fairphone, to have implemented this project in Busia, Uganda from July 2017 until March 2021. The project aim was to improve and support the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities by…

Child Labour and Education event Global Campaign for Education – Netherlands together with WNCB, organises an online event on the link between child labour and education. The event will mainly be for Netherlands-based organisations working on education in development cooperation, but everyone is welcome to join. Join the webinar on April 13th from 14.30-16.30 (CET) Click…

In response to a recently published article in the Guardian by Elizabeth Sibale titled ‘Child Labour is exploitation – but the household work I did as a child gave me life skills’, (please read the full article here), Rekha Wazir does away with the idea that child labour, in whatever form, can be justified as…

Five lessons on combating child labour in the garment and textile industry Six companies that have signed the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile took concrete steps to eliminate child labour in India and Bangladesh. Akky de Kort, project coordinator at Hivos, explains the five most important lessons of this project. Original article by…

GAWU’s work with the Child Labour Free Zones in the cocoa areas in Ghana: Watch the video This video represents years of hard work, partnership and community actions hinged on our believe that eliminating child labour and promoting decent work is possible using the integrated area based approaches towards child Labour free zones. In cocoa,…

In order to address the issue of child labour in the textile recycling factories of the Panipat district of the northern Indian state of Haryana, Humana People to People India (HPPI), a New Delhi-based development organisation has since 2013 worked in collaboration with its partner organisations UFF Norway and UFF Finland on providing education to…

Closing the Loop and Stop Child Labour/Hivos, both part of the Dutch Gold Sector International Responsible Business Conduct Agreement, have worked together to formulate a clear and effective policy on child labour.

Between April 2017 until March 2020, a coalition of parties and companies have worked together to prevent and eliminate child labour in garment supply chains.

The past months have been challenging to say the least, as we have sought a balance between minimizing risks to the health and safety of students and educators and ensuring the continuation of quality teaching and learning for all.

A report published on June 12, 2020, by Arisa, member of the Stop Child Labour coalition, shows that in the cottonseed and vegetable seed production in six Indian states, important steps have been taken over the past five years to combat child labour

On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour, Education International has released the report of a study on best practices identified in projects to combat child labour implemented by teachers’ unions. While the number of child labourers is expected to rise dramatically as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, this study conducted by…

Stop Child Labour/Hivos as member of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments & Textile (AGT) is sharing the Annual Report of 2019

A story about a former child worker who turned teacher and contributed to the establishment of child labour free zones in Bougouni, Mali. I knew it was via teaching that I could prevent others from having the same fate as me. So the most noble mission was for me to become a teacher. – Noumoutieba…

Dear partners, The COVID-19 crisis is confronting us all with health risks, social changes, and an uprooted daily life at an incredible speed. We hope to find you well and that you and your loved ones are able to navigate the uncertainties of these days. Corona measures are now in place in almost all countries.…

On 17th Feb 2020, Hivos in collaboration with AGT Secretariat (housed at the SER), INretail, FLA, UNICEF and Arisa organized a successful knowledge session on the RVO/FBK project: Combatting child labour in garment supply chains.

We are delighted that the Uganda Gold Partnership was selected for the Responsible Business Award 2019 in the category ‘Partnership of the Year’.

The final report presents stories and results in the elimination of child labour and engagement of companies during the 2 years project implementation of the ‘Getting down to Business’ project in Mali, India, Uganda and in the Netherlands.

An external evaluation of the Getting Down to Business programme, that took place from July 2017 up to July 2019, was carried out by consultancy firm ACE Europe.

A historic step was taken in the Netherlands last month when the Dutch Senate voted to adopt the Child Labor Due Diligence Law.

Stop Child Labour (coordinated by Hivos), UNICEF the Netherlands and Save the Children the Netherlands welcome a new opportunity to contribute to the elimination of child labour.

Stop Child Labour and partner organizations from around the world are celebrating a milestone: 15 years of successful work.

63.000 children withdrawn from child labour After 15 years of Stop Child Labour we are proud to collaborate with more than 25 partner organizations around the world, all working with passion and commitment towards the creation of child labour free zones. 63.000 thousands of children have been withdrawn from child labour and are now able…

A story about Nakabugo Kasifah, a single mother whose children were engaged in child labour. Joining the saving group and sending her children to the bridge center meant the start of her economic independency and the integration of her children into formal education. The children returned to school on a Monday. It was one of the…

Budphura, India A story about the cobble yard owner Bagwan Das and the local NGO Manjari working together to not only improve the conditions at Bagwan’s yard, but to set an example for the other sites in Budphura as well. For the sake of Budphura and the welfare of the workers, all stakeholder in the…

The story of Melesech who escaped child marriage when she was 14 years old. Unlike her sisters who were married off when they were 8 and 14, she got the opportunity to continue her education. If I were in my sisters shoes and got married as well I would have been forced to work and…

Research into education unions’ child labour projects shows that an effectively mainstreamed focus on the girl child is essential to successfully fight child labour and ensure education for all children.

London Stone Managing Director Steve Walley tells about progress made in Stop Child Labour project to ban child labour in the natural stone sector in Budhpura, India.

The new documentary about creating child labour free zones in the Ugandan coffee sector provides an inspiring example of how to combat child labour in certified value chains.

Stop Child Labour would like to thank you all for your partnership and support in 2018. We look forward to continue working together towards a child labour free world in 2019.

As the only NGO representative, Stop Child Labour contributed to discussions among companies and UN organizations about elimination of child labour in production chains.

Venkat Reddy, National Convenor of the Indian MV Foundation, tells in an interview in Dutch newspaper Trouw about a cautious shift from child labour to the school classroom.

Stop Child Labour and the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN) see that despite progress in addressing child labour, seed companies have not sufficiently addressed the issue yet.

Stop Child Labour has developed business cases to encourage companies to tackle child labour in their production chain.

The annual report of Stop Child Labour shows progress in the elimination of child labour in countries and sectors under the ‘Getting down to Business’ programme.

The Stop Child Labour Coalition is inviting interested evaluators to submit a proposal for the external evaluation of the “Getting Down To Business Programme” (2017 – 2019).

Stop Child Labour joins initiative for building a foundation for better gold mining in Uganda.

The training “Responsible Business Behaviour for Creating Child Labour Free Zones” strenghtens organizations in cooperating with companies to realize child labour free production in India.

To commemorate this year’s World Day Against Child Labour, Stop Child Labour pledges to support and enable child labour free zones worldwide.

Stop Child Labour shares practical examples of successful action to contribute to accelerating the elimination of child labour in the cocoa production and value chains.

Stop Child Labour partner organization SAVE has proudly declared Wards 16 and 17 in Tirupur free of child labour.

On 27 February 2018, during an official ceremony, Soumana Coulibaly received a Medal of Honor because of his tireless work and engagement with regards to the rights and wellbeing of children in Mali.

People spend billions on jewelry every year. But most jewelry brands can’t guarantee their products aren’t tainted by child labour and other human rights abuses. Act now and join the campaign!

Young women and girls employed in India’s garment factories supplying to big international brands are subject to conditions of modern slavery.

New research by MV Foundation shows the inextricable link between child labour, child marriage and multiple forms of violence in Telangana, India.

Stop Child Labour is happy to see in the Final Declaration of the Global Child Labour Conference in Argentina the recognition of the importance of area-based and community interventions for eradicating child labour.

Stop Child Labour is happy to see in the Final Declaration of the Global Child Labour Conference in Argentina the recognition of the importance of area-based and community interventions for eradicating child labour.

Stop Child Labour partner organizations in Uganda and Mali have participated in trainings about working together with companies in setting up child labour free zones.

Following the success of the child labour free zones, Erussi Sub County has organized a child labour free week to celebrate efforts to get children out of work and into school.

Fair Labor Association and Stop Child Labour Recommend Creation of ‘Child Labour Free Zone’ and more Responsible and Transparent Supply Chains in Leather and Footwear Production.

Representatives of the Stop Child Labour Coalition participate in the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14 – 16 November 2017.

Stop Child Labour has prepared a position paper for the Global Child Labour Conference in Argentina with recommendations for more concerted action and effective strategies to eradicate child labour.

Stop Child Labour presents key results and best practices from the 2014 – 2017 programme.

New research of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has revealed that about 152 million children, aged between 5 and 17, were subject to child labour in 2016.

Stop Child Labour has received funding from the RVO’s Child Labour Fund for participation in projects in the context of the sector covenants natural stone, gold and textiles.

“My name is Soumba. My parents took me out of school when I was fifteen years old. According to them, I was ready to work and get married.”

During the last three years, for the ‘Out of Work into School’ programme, Stop Child Labour together with local partners, have succeeded in taking more than 20.000 children out of work and into school.

New research, commissioned by the India Committee of the Netherlands and Stop Child Labour, reveals that modern slavery is rampant in granite quarries in South India. In some quarries child labour is found.

The thriving sugarcane industry in Chiredzi district has relied mostly on child labour for survival.

Independent external monitoring of the hazelnut supply chain in Turkey found that more than ten percent of workers at the visited farms were underage – an increase over the 2.1 percent child labor rate found in 2015.

There are still more than 168 million child labourers in our world today. This year’s World Day Against Child Labour has focused efforts on the fallout of conflicts and disasters.

In October 2016, the Stop Child Labour coalition commissioned an external evaluation of its ‘Out of Work, In to School’ programme, that ran from May 2014 to April 2017

A motion of the MPs Van Laar (Social Democrats) and Voordewind (Christen Union) to structurally spend 10 million euro to fight child labour worldwide won a large majority in the Dutch Parliament this week.

Stop Child Labour welcomes the broad support for the elimination of child labour, forced (child) labour, low wages and other abuses in the global garment and textile industry. Dutch sector associations, the government, trade unions and civil society organisations have agreed on a ‘covenant’ to address these issues in the coming years.

No child should be working. Every child has the right to a good education, the right to play, and the right to really be a child.