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{{Unreferenced, date=April 2025 The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) is a programme that the
International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the firs ...
has run since 1992. IPEC's aim is to work towards the progressive elimination of
child labour Child labour is the exploitation of children through any form of work that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation w ...
by strengthening national capacities to address child labour problems, and by creating a worldwide movement to combat it.


About

IPEC's priority target groups are children in worst forms of child labour such as
slavery Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...
and practices similar to slavery, such as bonded child labour and children in hazardous
working conditions {{Short description, 1=Overview of and topical guide to working time and conditions The following Outline (list), outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to working time and conditions: Legislation * See :Labour law * Collective ...
and occupations. IPEC also focuses on children who are particularly vulnerable, i.e. very young working children (below 12 years of age), and working girl children. The political will and commitment of individual governments to address child labour in cooperation with employers' and workers' organizations, other
non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
s and relevant parties in society – such as universities and the media – is the starting point for all IPEC action.
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is built in from the start through an emphasis on in-country "ownership". Support is given to partner organizations to develop and implement measures which aim at preventing child labour, withdrawing children from hazardous work and providing alternatives, and improving the working conditions as a transitional measure towards the elimination of child labour.


Strategy

A phased and multi-sectoral strategy is applied consisting of the following steps: *Motivating an alliance of partners to acknowledge and act against child labour. *Carrying out a situational analysis to find out about child labour problems in a country. *Assisting with developing and implementing national policies on child labour problems. *Strengthening existing organizations and setting up institutional mechanisms. *Creating awareness on the problem nationwide, in communities and workplaces. *Promoting the development and application of protective legislation. *Supporting direct action with (potential) child workers for demonstration purposes, including Time-bound Programmes to address
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention The Convention Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, known in short as the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, was adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1 ...
. *Replicating and expanding successful projects into the programmes of partners. *Mainstreaming child labour issues into socio-economic policies, programmes and budgets.


See also

*
Children's rights movement The Children's Rights Movement is a historical and modern movement committed to the acknowledgment, expansion, and/or regression of the children's rights, rights of children around the world. This act laid several constitutional laws for the growt ...
* Evolving capacities * World Day Against Child Labour *
Worst Forms of Hazards faced by Children at Work {{no footnotes, date=May 2014 The Worst Forms of Hazards faced by Children at Work is a provision in the Worst Forms of Child Labour Recommendation (No. 190) adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1999. It sets out the framework ...


External links


IPEC Home Page
Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor Child labour-related organizations Organizations established in 1992