Trabajo infantil

Dirigido por: Plan Internacional y OIT

Ponte en contacto con nosotros: cltf@alliancecpha.org(link sends email)

Nuestra misión

Garantizar la coordinación y colaboración a nivel global entre el personal humanitarios y los que operan en el contexto de desarrollo para fortalecer así la calidad y la coordinación de las acciones  que  se preparan, previenen y responden al trabajo infantil en situaciones de emergencias a nivel nacional.

El grupo operativo sirve de plataforma para identificar y tratar retos comunes que existen en los programas de trabajo inftanil en contextos de emergencia y ofrece de esta manera una voz colectiva sobre los temas del trabajo infantil en emergencias con posiciones técnicas en otras aspectos del trabajo humanitario tales como a la hora de establecer normativas humanitarias, colaboración intre disciplinas y las campañas globales de promoción y pólizas relacionadas al trabajo infantil.

Prioridades del grupo operativo sobre el trabajo infantil

Herramientas, normativas e información orientativa y técnica:

  • El conjunto de herramientas interinstitucional sobre el trabajo infantil en la acción humanitaria está disponible y distribuido a nivel local, nacional, regional y global

Capacitación:

  • Los intervinientes humanitarios poseen un conocimiento y habilidades más profundizadas para prevenir y responder al (las peores formas del) trabajo infantil en emergencias.

Coordinación, Pólizas y Promoción:

  • El tema del trabajo infantil en contextos humanitarios está incluido/presente en las agendas de plataformas globales, regionales y locales, que incluyen pero no se limitan a la Alianza 8,7 y otros grupos operativos de la Alianza para la protección de la niñez en la acción humanitaria

Resources

Child Labour Tool | Supporting At-Risk Children and Empowering Girls

This tool provides additional guidance on promoting inclusive humanitarian action with and for working children and adolescents who are in or at risk of child labour/WFCL, with specific attention to girls.

Child Labour Tool | Preventing Child Labour Risk Factors Related to Humanitarian Action

SAMPLE RISK ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS: Do vulnerable groups targeted by the intervention include working children and their families? Do children already work in the areas where the intervention hopes to have an effect, e.g. geographical, trade, thematic or subject areas? Are children who are under the minimum working age currently working? Are children who are over the minimum working age currently...

Child Labour Tool | Safety Planning

Safety planning is part of the case management process and is a tool for both the child and the case worker to keep the child safe from harm. During the initial assessment of the child’s situation, the case worker will have determined if the child is safe or not. If during the assessment it is determined that the child is not safe, the case worker should develop a safety plan with the child. For a...

Child Labour Case Study | The Nature, Extent and Patterns of Child Labour: A Comparison Between a Rapid Onset Emergency and a Protracted Crisis

The nature, extent and patterns of child labour can drastically change in an emergency or crisis setting. In the Philippines, child labour increased in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, while the onset of the Syrian war in 2011 increased child labour in Lebanon. In both countries, the widespread social and economic impact of the crises led to an increase in child labour and its worst...

Child Labour Case Study | Integrated Child Protection, WASH and Cash-for-Work to Address Child Labour Among Adolescents in Syria

This case study describes how an integrated protection, WASH and case assistance project aimed to prevent and respond to child labour among adolescents in Syria.

Child Labour Case Study | Community-based care and mentoring for adolescent girls in domestic labour in Burkina Faso

This case study describes an innovative approach to care and mentoring support for adolescent girls in domestic labour in Burkina Faso.

Child Labour Case Study | Addressing Child Labour at Distribution Sites in Gaza

This case study describes how UNRWA addressed child labour issues at distribution centres in Gaza through an integrated education, economic-strengthening and protection project.

Child Labour Case Study | Integrating Child Labour into Humanitarian Needs Assessments

This case study describes (i) how child labour has been integrated into (multi-sector) humanitarian needs assessments in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and the Philippines and (ii) the main challenges and lessons learned.

Media

Child Labour Webcast | The Impact of Humanitarian Crisis and Child Labour

Child Labour Webcast | Preventing and Protecting Children from Child Labour in Humanitarian Crisis

Podcast | Protected! Podcast Ep 4: Impact of COVID-19 on Child Labour Programming in Myanmar

Webinars

Virtual Launch | Inter-Agency Toolkit: Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action

Register via this Zoom link. Worldwide, an estimated 152 million girls and boys are in child labour, almost half of them, 73 million, work in hazardous child labour. The incidence of child labour in humanitarian crises is an imminent concern. The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to push millions more children into child labour. However, there are great opportunities for the global community to...

Webinar | COVID-19 and Child Labour

Join experts and practitioners from different organisations across the globe to discuss ‘COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!’, the theme of the 2020 World Day Against Child Labour. Participants will hear an update based on the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action technical note on COVID-19 and Child Labour (EN, SP, FR), evidence-based resources and...

Child Labour Task Force Leads

Ilenia de Marino, Plan International

Simon Hills, International Labour Organisation