11 May 2005
Online sources for information about child labor
U.S. Government
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
International Child Labor Program
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/iclp/main.htm
U.S. Department of State
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
International Organizations
United Nations
International Labor Organization (ILO)
International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/index.htm
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index.html
UNICEF
State of the World's Children 2005 Report
http://unicef.org/publications/index_24432.html
UNICEF
Childhood Under Threat: The State of the World's Children (video)
http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/povertyfeat_romania.html
World Bank
Global Child Labor Program
http://www1.worldbank.org/sp/childlabor/index.asp
Nongovernmental Organizations
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Children in the Global Economy
http://www.aflcio.org/issuespolitics/globaleconomy/children.cfm
Amnesty International
Child Soldiers
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/childsoldiers-index-eng
Child Labor Coalition
http://www.stopchildlabor.org/
Stolen Childhoods: A Feature-Length Documentary on Child Labor
http://www.stolenchildhoods.org/mt/index.php
Child Workers in Asia
http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/
Chocolate Manufacturers Association
International Protocol/Global Chocolate Industry Plan to Combat Child Labor
http://www.chocolateandcocoa.org/Labour/Child/Protocol/default.asp
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
http://www.child-soldiers.org/
Daywalka Foundation
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Stop Child Labor Program
http://www.fifa.com/en/fairplay/humanitariansection/0,1261,3,00.html
Global March Against Child Labor
http://globalmarch.org/index.php
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm
South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude
http://www.cridoc.net/saccs.php
The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources listed above, all of which were active as of May 2005.
From the May 2005 edition of eJournal USA