Report of the rapid assessment on: Child Labour in the Urban Informal Sector in three governorates of Jordan (Amman, Mafraq and Irbid) - Arabic version

This report is the end result of the International Labour Organisation’s rapid assessment into the situation of child labourers engaged in urban informal employment. Research was carried out in three governorates of Jordan, Amman, Mafraq and Irbid, between September 2013 and January of 2014.

The key objective of this study is to provide up to date and detailed information on the dynamics and characteristics of child labourers who live in urban environments in Jordan and who work in the informal employment sector. The main nationalities focused on in this report are Syrian and Jordanian.

The study implemented a mixed-methods approach. Firstly, the research team carried out a literature review of relevant documents. Secondly, three quantitative surveys involving i) 45 child labourers, ii) 45 employers of child labourers and iii) 200 households, indirectly reaching 506 children between 5 and 17 years old (not all of whom were working) were implemented across the three research areas of Amman, Mafraq and Irbid.