The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour has worked to combat Child Labour for over a decade and now runs comprehensive programmes in more than 60 countries worldwide. In 1999, this work was backed up by a new Convention, which by mid 2002 has been ratified by more than 120 member states. Promoting the ILO Convention (No. 182) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999, is a high priority for the International Labour Organization (ILO). During its work against the worst forms of child labour, the ILO-IPEC launched a sub-regional project in 2000 against trafficking of children for exploitative employment in South Asia (TICSA). One of the technical areas that this project focuses on is the intake, rehabilitation and reintegration process for children withdrawn from sexual exploitation as a result of a trafficking process. The project realized early on that some of the children who are withdrawn from engagement in prostitution indeed have needs that demand special attention from the moment of intake. Psychosocial counseling was not well understood by many of the non-governmental organisations that worked in the field although their work was in many respects very well-intended. The approach that was developed by TICSA in support of these non-governmental organisations included a focus on understanding the motivation and potential of the child while ensuring the child’s own participation in her/his rehabilitation – reintegration. It was found that despite harsh working and living conditions under previous exploitative circumstances, some of these working children have developed resiliency, which they need to learn to put to use in a better way.
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Publisher:
ILO
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(2002
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
in English
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Keywords:
CHILD LABOUR, SALE OF CHILDREN, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, REHABILITATION, CHILD PROTECTION, CHILD ABUSE, CHILD SURVIVOR, REINTEGRATION
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Thematic Group:
ILO
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International Labor & Labor
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Thesaurus:
12.06.00
- Special Categories Of Workers
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