What is the US Department of Labors (USDOL) role in international child labor issues?
As the leading donor to the ILO’s International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), USDOL has provided valuable resources toward child labor elimination efforts worldwide. Since FY 1995, USDOL has contributed over $112 million to ILO/IPEC. USDOL support for IPEC helps to remove children from hazardous work, increase the participation of countries in IPEC, develop statistical surveys and baseline information on child labor, and increase worldwide awareness and public education about child labor. In the area of research and reporting, USDOL continues to contribute to the information base on international child labor issues, through its publication of a series of reports on the topic.
