Child Labour in Agriculture

KYRGYZSTAN . The Project on Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing: about 3 000 children freed from work, the micro credits helping families to eke out

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:42:50 +0000

On December 23 2009 in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) took place the Working Group meeting on the elimination of child labour in tobacco growing. The meeting was attended by the representatives of agricultural workers and healthcare workers unions, Solidarity Center (AFL-CIO), Kyrgyz Tamekisi state joint-stock tobacco company, the representative of Kyrgyzstan Ombudsman’ office, NGO “Save The Children”, ILO/IPEC and IUF. The members of the Working Group have been briefed on the results of the second phase of the project and discussed the plans for the third phase.

The ECLT project (Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing) in Kyrgyzstan was launched in 2005 in Alabuka district of Jalalabad region and in No’okat district of Osh region of the country. Its purpose is to create a sustainable mechanism for eliminating child labour in tobacco growing. The work has been underway to raise awareness across the local communities about the negative effect of work on children and grant micro credits to raise the level of livelihoods for the families, as poverty has been one of the key drivers of using child labour.

WDACL 2009. THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISES COULD PUSH MORE CHILDREN AT RISK OF BECOMING CHILD LABOURERS

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:40:15 +0000

This year, has been celebrated the tenth anniversary of the ILO convention Nr. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, a convention that has been rapidly ratified by most countries. WDACL 2009 is focused on girls child labourers as ILO says that the global financial crisis could push more children, in particulate girls to become child labour. The ILO report Give girls a chance - tackling child labour, a key to the futures says that around 100 million girls are involved in child labour worldwide.

WDACL in Geneva. Global March Against Child Labour

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:18:00 +0000

IUF has marched with former bonded and child labourers, representatives of unions, NGOs and ILO officers on June 12 in Geneva to stop child labour, an event organised by Global March Against Child Labour. The messages the Global March participants wanted the World to hear were:

Stop, stop Child Labour!

We want education!

No more tools in tiny hands - we want books, we want toys!

Go, go – Global March!

GENEVA. FORCED LABOUR AND CHILD LABOUR IN CENTRAL ASIA

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:15:12 +0000

On June 11, in Geneva, was organised a round table on forced and child labour in Central Asia, which highlighted the exploitation of children in cotton growing. Representatives of trade unions, ILO/IPEC, NGOs and companies took part in the roundtable. The IUF with ITGLWF and EI have been among the speakers.

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Teachers' and agricultural workers' unions join forces to demand rural education for all

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:09:06 +0000

For millions of rural children quality education remains just a distant dream. Figures from Education For All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report 2007 show that the children most likely not in school or to drop out of school live in rural areas and come from the poorest households. Data from a number of African countries looking at 10 -19 year olds suggest that poor or rural children are ten times more likely to drop out than urban or richer children.

This backs up earlier findings of the 2006 Millenium Development Goal (MDGs) Report which stated that whilst progress is being made in improving access to primary education, there are disparities in progress, and that the poorest, often those in rural areas, were being left behind. The report stated that “High rates of poverty in rural areas limit educational opportunities because of demands for children’s labour, low levels of parental education and lack of access to good quality schooling”.

Kenya: Children cutting cane

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:58:56 +0000

On 24 September, Jorge Chullen, the coordinator of the IUF global sugar program has visited the South Nyanza Sugar Company accompanied by a delegation of the Kenya Union of Sugar, Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW), as part of a 4-day program supported by the Social Justice Fund of the Canadian Auto Workers (SJF-CAW).

Consultative meeting on elimination of child labour in tobacco growing of Kazakhstan

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:38:08 +0000

Consultative meeting on elimination of child labour in tobacco growing of Kazakhstan took place in Almaty on July 19, 2007. Representatives of Agro-Industrial Workers’ Unions of Almaty region and Kyrgyz Republic, ILO/IPEC programme on the elimination of child labour and Philip Morris Kazakhstan (PMK) - the main buyer of tobacco leaves in the country – have considered their experience in implementation of programmes aimed against involving children in tobacco growing.

Pictures. WDACL in Ghana

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:17:31 +0000

Nicaragua. Tripartite agreement for eradication of child labour and improving rural life and education

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:57:45 +0000

The agricultural workers union in Nicaragua, ATC, has signed a Tripartite agreement with the government (Ministry of Labour)and the organisations of agricultural employers with the objective of combining efforts for the eradication of child labour in agriculture. The agreement was signed on June 12 as part of the World Day Against Child Labour in Agriculture.

Declaration of Intent on Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:06:17 +0000

Pictures. WDACL in Kyrgyzstan

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:08:29 +0000

Pictures. Signing Ceremony - WDACL in Geneva

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:43:48 +0000

SIREL gives Latin American overview

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:21:23 +0000

To highlight the extent of child labout in the region, the IUF Latin America office issued a special edition of the regional information sheet, SIREL. Using information from the ILO, the bulletin gives a short analysis of agricultural child labour in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia plus information on Central America and the Caribbean.

SPAIN: CC.OO. call on Nestle to check its supply chain

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:59:32 +0000

CC.OO. Food and Agriculture Union representatives in the Works Council at Nestle Spain head office have called on Nestle to commit to work with the unions at national and international level to eliminate child labour along the supply chain.

ARGENTINA. UATRE joins forces to eliminate child labour in agriculture

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:25:35 +0000

UATRE within the National Registry of Rural Workers and Employers (RENATRE) together with the ILO, IUF, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security have signed a Protocol of Intention for the Eradication of Child Labour in Agriculture" on June 12 in Buenos Aires.