Publications and research

2020

Sowing Hope

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Textile Recycling Unravelled

A study on best practices identified in projects to combat child labour implemented by teachers’ unions.

A study on best practices to combat child labour

2019

External evaluation Getting down to Business programme (2017 – 2019)

Celebrating fifteen years of Stop Child Labour

2018

Remedies for Indian Seed Workers in Sight? Monitoring report on tackling child labour and non-payment of minimum wages in hybrid cotton and vegetable seeds production in India

Business case: End child labour in your whole supply chain

English // Français

Business case: End child labour in the textile supply chain

Business case: End child labour in the natural stone supply chain

Business case: End child labour in the gold supply chain

2017

Out of Work and into School: final report of the Stop Child Labour programme in India

…and they never lived happily ever after. The battle for justice goes on – Voices of married girls in Telangana

Children’s Lives at Stake – Working Together to End Child Labour in Agra Footwear Production; full report

Children’s Lives at Stake – Working Together to End Child Labour in Agra Footwear Production; condensed report

SCL Position paper: Getting children out of work and into school; Combining bottom-up and top-down strategies to stop child labour

Out of Work and into School: What we have accomplished

SCL Hand out India: Child labour free zones in India

SCL Hand out Uganda: Child labour free zones in Uganda

CSR Guidelines India: Cooperating with the private sector in child labour free zones in India

CSR Guidelines Africa: Cooperating with the private sector in child labour free zones in Africa

English // Français

Out of Work and into School – final report, 2014 – 2017

English//Français

Out of Work and into School – external evaluation, 2014 – 2017

English // Français

The dark sites of granite, 2017: Modern slavery, child labour and unsafe work in Indian granite quarries – What should companies do?

Branded childhood, 2017: How garment brands contribute to low wages, long working hours, school dropout and child labour in Bangladesh

2016

SCL General brochure: We want to learn, we want to play

SCL CSR brochure: Engaging with companies and CSR initiatives

Delhi declaration: on Area Based Approach for Creation of Child Labour Free Zones

No Golden Future: use of child labour in gold mining in Uganda, 2016

Justice for Out of School Children: A study of 15-18 year olds in Telangana 

2015

5 x 5 Stepping stones: for creating child labour free zones

English // Français // Español // Arabic

Omar’s Dream – final report, 2012 – 2015

English // Français

Omar’s Dream – external evaluation, 2012 – 2015

English // Français

Gold from Children’s Hands, 2015: Use of child-mined gold by the electronics sector

Cotton’s Forgotten Children, 2015: Child labour and below minimum wages in hybrid cottonseed production in India

Rock Bottom, 2015: Modern Slavery and Child Labour in South Indian Granite Quarries

Champions: Voices of girls – a study of first generation girl students in senior secondary schools of Telangana

2013

Kampala declaration: Working toward child labour free zones

English // Français // Español

Declaración de Managua: hacia zonas libres de trabajo infantil en Centro América