About Work: No Child’s Business

The programme Work: No Child’s Business aims to achieve that children and youth are free from child labour and enjoy their rights to quality education and (future) decent work. We work in six countries: Cote d’Ivoire, India, Jordan, Mali, Uganda and Vietnam. In these countries we identified five sectors with a high incidence of child labour: garment, textiles and footwear, gold and mining, natural stones, cocoa and the informal sector including domestic work. The Alliance, together with communities, schools, governments, civil society organizations, trade unions and private actors.

The Work: No Child’s Business Alliance is run by the Save the Children Netherlands, Unicef Netherland and the Stop Child Labour Coalition. Hivos is the lead organization and hosting the programme management. The programme is supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.