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Protection of children from harmful work
Harm is the result of the exploitation, violence, abuse and neglect of children and can take many forms, including impacts on children's physical, emotional and behavioural development, their general health, their family and social relationships, their self-esteem, their educational attainment and their aspirations.
In some context, the term ‘significant harm’ is used within the protection system to determine the threshold of harm required before intervention by protection services can be undertaken. This approach seeks to balance the potential risk posed to the child facing the protection issue with the real risks that may come with the intervention itself.
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Gender-sensitive Study on Urban Child Labour in Istanbul
A child laborer makes a most casual sight in Istanbul. In many sectors from construction to textiles, Turkey's business capital is where thousands of children go to work on any day. In this huge metropolis of over 15 million residents, child labor has lon
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Stacked Odds: How lifelong inequality shapes women and girls' experience of modern slavery
Gender inequality is a determinant in the prevalence of modern-day slavery, Walk Free's report finds. 1 in every 130 women and girls live in modern-day slavery. This report examines how women and girls are particularly vulnerable to modern-day slavery th
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Children's Work in African Agriculture: Time for a rethink
This article outlines a tension that plays itself out in rural areas throughout Africa. On the one hand, it is recognized that children throughout the world engage in economic activity, and this is particularly so in rural areas. On the other hand, is the
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Save the Children's Position on Child Labour
There are currently 152 million girls and boys engaged in child labour that is mentally, physically, socially, or morally dangerous, according to the International Labour Organisation. Child Labour makes it difficult for a child to attend school, or limis
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Global Childhood Report 2019: Changing lives in our lifetime
In commemoration of its founding 100 years ago, Save the Children releases its third annual Global Childhood Report to celebrate progress for children. Children born today have a better chance than at any time in history to grow up healthy, educated and p
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Children Lead the Way: Systematization of the productive education component in Bolivia
In Bolivia, Children Lead the Way (CLW) has been addressing access to quality education through multiple approaches. One of them supported schools to implement a new education law that promoted a holistic approach through 4 dimensions: To Be: development
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Gender in Focus: A guide to implementing Photovoice within Children Lead the Way
Beginning in 2015, Children Lead the Way launched a Photovoice project titled Gender in Focus in two implementing countries, Bolivia and Kenya. Photovoice is a powerful participatory tool because it enables participants to share how they see the world, an
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Children Lead the Way Final Report Summary
The Children Lead the Way Final Report Summary presents the highlights from the 2011-2016 global results report, and includes major achievements in each country, main lessons learned, and an overview of the program’s approach and technical assistance prov
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Manual para la Promoción de la Igualdad de Género en Procesos de Incidencia de Organizaciones de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes
Manual Objective: to provide information on gender equality and the incorporation of the gender equality approach in the design, planning, and implementation of advocacy and communication activities in the promotion and defense of the rights of children a
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Work as a Factor in the Construction of a Life Plan for Working Children and Adolescents, as Examined by a Gender-based Approach
This study seeks to explore and examine, from the viewpoint of working children and adolescents, the actual or non-existent contribution of work to achieve the desired life plan, considering the different features of life that have an impact on the develo
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Moments of Change: Success stories
The Children Lead the Way Moment of Change booklet captures the individual testimonies from 10 children who have participated in the program in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Peru. Within each country, partners were asked to interview girls
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Children Lead the Way: Findings for a child rights-based apprenticeship framework in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, one of the educational pathways the program offers for working girls and boys is through informal apprenticeships, as a form of vocational training in order to provide adolescent girls and boys with the skills needed to access and sustain