DCI- International Secretariat presents a new publication:

Training Manual on Child Labour for NGOs

The objective of this Manual is to provide tips and activities that professional trainers and/or NGO staff may use to train other NGOs and civil society groups on the child labour issue from a children�s rights perspective. It does not aim at offering neither a conceptual analysis of child labour nor a detailed description of human rights instruments but it rather aims at being a training tool that combined with NGO knowledge and experience may facilitate the implementation of training and awareness-raising initiatives.

It is expected that through such a tool, a �chain� process of awareness-raising on child labour may be started. In fact, by endowing NGOs with this tool, their capacity to promote training on the issue will be enhanced. In turn, the NGOs and groups that will benefit from the training, will not only increase their knowledge on the issue, but may also gain ideas on how to conduct such training and may replicate it. In the long-run, this process is hoped to contribute to raising awareness on child labour and children�s rights at different levels and groups of society on a broad scale.

The Manual contains three chapters on a range of issues with reference to child labour: identifying child labour; working with children; and working with partners and the community.

Each chapter includes:
- Objectives of the chapter;
- General recommendations;
- Activities;
- Key points.

To order copies of The Manual in English, Spanish or French, please write to:

DCI- Child Labour Desk,
1 rue de Varemb�,
PO Box 88,
CH 1211 Geneva 20,
Switzerland.
Email: [email protected]