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Policy areas and themes

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Including HIV/AIDS, poverty alleviation, child protection and enforcement of laws.

A. General themes and action against child labour
Including helplines, integrated actions against child labour etc.
Awareness raising
Communications campaigns and awareness-raising activities on child labour.
Child care and welfare
Including social services to families, and measures to assist orphans and vulnerable children. For grants, see "Poverty alleviation".
Child-headed households
Households with no adults, where children must often look after themselves, or where older children must look after a household consisting of their siblings.
Consumer action
Including voluntary fair trade codes, and steps to avoid consumer action. For trade bans and similar measures, see "Trade bans".
Drug use and drug trafficking
 
Education
 
Environment and child labour
Global warming, and other environmental issues ... and child labour
Funding child labour programmes
Including international and national funding.
Health issues
Including HIV / AIDS and child labour
Immigrants and refugees
Including child labour related to this issue; excluding child trafficking, which is found under "Worst forms of child labour: Child trafficking".
Infrastructure
 
Inspection and enforcement
Including labour inspection, prosecution of employers / users of child labour, asset forfeiture, child protection and other forms of enforcement.
Local government action
Action by local government, including direct implementation, MOUs with local govt, service provision to children etc
National child labour plans, campaigns and target-setting
Including the CLPA in SA, and Action Programmes on the Elimination of Child labour in BLNS countries, or national plans or campaigns elsewhere; and including target-setting at other levels, eg within states or province
Orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs)
 
Poverty alleviation
Including grants (such as the South African child support grant) and food parcels.
South-South collaboration against child labour
Including collaboration between India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA).
Surveys and studies
On child labour, including household-based national child labour surveys
Trade bans and boycotts
Including government advisories against buying certain products.