Know Child Labor is an initiative of the International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE).

Purpose: To build domestic knowledge of global child labor issues, especially in and through U.S. youth and teachers

Objectives:

• Providing teachers with access to the resources and skills they need to teach about international child labor topics
• Providing U.S. youth with the resources and know-how they need to get involved and implement projects
• Promoting U.S. youth leadership on global child labor issues

Activities:

• Developed an exhibit for use at conferences.
• Produced a brochure describing the initiative.
• Conducting workshops on how to teach about global child labor issues.
• Launched this web site to promote interaction among youth and teachers across the country and the sharing of appropriate and valuable resources, such as:
  • Concise list of a variety of critical, reliable and fair and balanced educational resources, such as books for young adolescents and curricula for teachers;
  • Collection of true stories of child laborers turned activists;
  • Youth Action Toolkit, including Club Registration Form and Activities Log;
  • Directory of U.S. youth clubs engaged in child labor issues;
  • Collection of Student Education and Action Plans to promote global child labor issues in their schools and communities.

The start of this project in September 2004 was made possible through a grant from the United States Department of Labor.

About Us

The International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE) is a 501 (c) (3) non profit organization working to build and strengthen worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially to be free from economic exploitation and to receive a free and meaningful education. ICCLE was incorporated in Washington, DC, in November 2000. ICCLE serves as the International Advocacy Office of the Global March Against Child Labor. It is for freedom from child slavery that this movement began in 1998.

ICCLE also serves as the link between grassroots level initiatives that are doing great work with children but are short on resources and people … and organizations, schools, groups and individuals in America that have the resources to help. We partner with NGOs doing everything from running rescue operations, rehabilitation centers or day care centers to establishing child friendly villages in close partnership with children, their parents, and communities.

Our role in these partnerships goes beyond mere funding; we work in close partnership with international organizations and governments to bring about sustainable change to the lives of children through global advocacy work. ICCLE has realized that many children's rights - from education to play, protection, an adequate standard of living, participation, and even life - cannot be ensured unless child labor is built-in the policies and plans to ensure these rights.

We work with our partners towards ensuring that basic rights are available to all categories of underprivileged children, including girl children, children in bonded labor, child domestic workers, children in conflict, etc.

Board of Directors

	Kailash Satyarthi, President President/Chair, Global March Against Child Labor New Delhi, India
	Elie Jouen Deputy General Secretary, Educational International 5 boulevard du Roi Albert II, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
	Hans Rysgaard President, International Confectionery Association rue Defacqz 1 - 1000 Brussels, Belgium
	Andrew J. Samet Counsel for Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A, Washington, D.C. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, US Department of Labor, (Clinton Administration)
	Douglas Hellinger, Director/Secretary Executive Director, The Development Group for Alternative Policies (D-GAP) Washington, D.C.
	Thabisile C. Msezane, Vice-President Vice-President and Director, Sithabile Child and Youth Care Center South Africa
	Permanent Invitee to the Board Bill Goold Executive Director Congressional Progressive Caucus Washington, D.C.

International Secretariat
Global March Against Child Labor, International Secretariat
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