The course instructional materials will help you gain competencies in:

• Assessing child labour and forced labour according to international and national standards
• Identifying appropriate research methods in line with your research objectives
• Sampling strategies suitable for different circumstances and characteristics of the population in child labour and forced labour
• Designing and carrying out ethical research and data collection
• Identifying the characteristics of child labour, worst forms of child labour, and forced labour, as well as factors and attitudes around these issues
• Designing, implementing, and communicating policy-oriented research

This course is designed to be highly flexible and adaptive to your needs. You can learn at your own pace and customise course content according to your needs.

You can choose your learning path (i.e., a predetermined set of modules) or select only the modules of your interest.

You will:

• Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, detailed companion notes, short summaries, case examples, and quizzes
• Practice with some example datasets and Stata code files
• Explore the complementary modules on human trafficking and migration

You can stay motivated by using the progress tracker to record your step completion!

• Researchers working at national statistical offices, research institutions, and universities
• University students
• Anyone with interest in conducting research on child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking

While the course provides an overview of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, some basic knowledge of statistics and research methodologies is an asset. For those interested in the quantitative learning path, some basic knowledge of statistical software is required.

A Certificate of Participation can be downloaded upon completion of each learning path. The complementary (optional) modules on human trafficking and migration do not count towards certificate requirements.

The contents of this course have been developed within the framework of the ILO development cooperation projects MAP16 and RTA with support by the United States Department of Labor. These two projects are committed to achieving Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals – to take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms.

Learn more about ILO’s MAP16: Measurement, awareness-raising and policy engagement to accelerate action against child labour and forced labour project.

Learn more about ILO’s RTA: From Research to Action: Using Knowledge to Accelerate Progress in the Elimination of Child Labour and Forced Labour project. The RTA project collaborates with IOM’s Protection Division to ensure that issues related to trafficking for forced labour, child trafficking, child labour and forced labour in crisis-affected populations and among migrants are reflected across all project activities.