Child Rights Action Hubs (Action Hubs) are collaborative, multi-stakeholder initiatives that address systemic child labour risks affecting multiple companies within a specific region. By bringing together businesses, civil society, governments and local actors, these hubs aim to identify and tackle the root causes of child labour in supply chains and communities.

To date, The Centre has launched Action Hubs in Malaysia (palm oil), Bangladesh (RMG), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (copper-cobalt mining), India (mint) and Pakistan (leather and textiles). These Hubs facilitate multi-stakeholder action to address child labour at scale and enable brands to participate in joint activities.

Action Hubs aim to achieve impact and sustainability in addressing child labour by securing long-term funding for Hub initiatives, establishing strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders, and engaging local government and other civil society organisations to improve child labour prevention and remediation structures.

• Facilitating and scaling joint solutions to child labour that maximise collective leverage between brands and retailers

• Addressing gaps left by traditional initiatives, especially in informal/lower tiers

• Enabling multi-stakeholder collaboration to address challenges in scaling and optimising ‘landscape approaches’

• Working at sub-contractor and lower tier levels where significant child labour risks remain

• Building strong local networks and engaging with local governments and other key stakeholders for faster progress

• Supply chain mapping & risk assessments – identifying child labour risks in upstream supply chains

• Training & capacity building – workshops and training sessions for your suppliers, including those in lower tiers

• Youth employment programmes – initiatives to provide decent work opportunities for young workers

• Child labour remediation –addressing child labour cases

• Hub ecosystem support – supporting efforts to engage local CSOs, industry associations, local/national government to build capacity to prevent and remediate child labour

*Coverage depends on the package level. Email us to learn more.

• Reduced child labour risk

• Strengthened child labour remediation services network

• Decent work opportunities for youth

• Community facilitators as local child rights advocates

• Improved understanding of business linkage to child labour / stronger impact in addressing child labour in informal/lower tiers

• Remediation fund with companies contributing to support vulnerable children

• Brands can select from different Child Rights Action Hub Participation Packages, each with varying levels of production site coverage (contact us to learn more)

• Nominate suppliers in your supply chain to be included in Hub activities (or you can request your direct suppliers or vendors to share details of lower-tier suppliers; The Centre will then approach these facilities and invite them to participate in Action Hub activities)

Contact us to discuss options to participate in an Action Hub.