CHILD LABOUR: No country can claim progress if it is built on the backs of children — Ramaphosa

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For the first time in 20 years, there is an upward trend in child labour, with more than 160 million children involved in exploitative child labour practices. In a keynote address at the Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour on 15 May, ...

‘For many, the words ‘child labour’ conjure up images of young people working in sweatshops and informal factories,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the“But there is also a hidden face that many do not get to see — it is the children in domestic servitude to families and relatives, prevented from attending school because they have to do household work.

The conference was last held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2017 and aims to build on past efforts to mobilise resources, identify good practices around the world and pinpoint measures that can accelerate the elimination of both child labour and forced labour. Five-year-old Desire Matanda uses a pan with sand and water to search for fine particles of gold along the Odzi River in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

Mugo said the root causes of child labour include poverty, informality, limited access to education, weak or lacking social protection flaws, insufficient labour inspection and weak governance. “Africa is the continent from where the solutions to the global child labour challenge must and will emerge,” said Ryder.Ramaphosa laid out six actions the global community must commit to in its efforts to eradicate child labour:Universal access to social protection. “By providing a basic floor of support for families with children, we can reduce the need for children to be put to work, whether in the home or elsewhere,” said Ramaphosa.

 

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There isnt an upward trend. Its just being reported now

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