Coffee in uganda has been listed as a product made by child labour in the USDOL’s list of goods made by child labour and forced labour (2021). Especially in the harvest season, it is very common for children to skip school as they pick coffee beans to be sold in […]
Call to Action to implement Child Labour Free Zones (CLFZs)
The Call to Action to implement Child Labour Free Zones (CLFZs) in Pathfinder Countries to Eliminate Child Labour was endorsed by CSOs, teachers unions, academia, media and employers organisations from Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia and DRC during the Africa Regional Symposium for World Day Against Child Labour, held on the 13th of June 2023 in […]
From Beans to Cup: How coffee companies in Uganda’s Mt. Elgon are doing everything right to address child labour
Uganda’s Mt. Elgon region is known for Arabica coffee production with a quality and taste that is amongst many other things, unusual. It also has community driven coffee cooperatives and companies with ethics and spirit of giving back to the community. The Mt. Elgon coffee and honey cooperative and Kikobero […]
Western Consumers, South Asian Workers – A Conflict Forgotten by Whom?
Timothy Ryan Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2022, pp. 23-30 (Article) Published by Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/gia.2022.0005 Read More
The Salt Solution: Ensuring sustainable income and preventing child labour in rural-coastal Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s rural coastal areas are home to some of the worst impacts of climate change contributing to migration, displacement, decreasing employment opportunities, increasing poverty and child labour. The frequent intensifying storms and floods not only destroy homes and livelihoods, but also contribute to higher water and soil salinity, leaving millions […]
Using area based approach to address child labour in coffee supply chain in Uganda
Project: Addressing Child Labour in Agricultural Supply Chains, Global to Local Donor – Bread for the World Country: Uganda In Uganda’s coffee growing regions, children as young as 10 are engaged in various tasks and hazardous conditions related to coffee farming, from working on the farms in extreme weathers to […]
PRISE DE POSITION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE LE TRAVAIL DES ENFANTS EN AFRIQUE : PRIORITÉS URGENTES DU CONTINENT
PRISE DE POSITION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE LE TRAVAIL DES ENFANTS EN AFRIQUE : PRIORITÉS URGENTES DU CONTINENT Prise de position sur les priorités urgentes sur les questions du travail des enfants en Afrique, élaboré par les OSC pour contribution à la 5e Conférence mondiale sur l’élimination du travail des […]
Civil Society Position Paper on Child Labour in Africa: Urgent Priorities from the Continent
Civil Society Position Paper on Child Labour in Africa: Urgent Priorities from the Continent Joint CSO paper on urgent priorities on the issues of child labour in Africa, developed as input for the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in South Africa. Read Full Report
Treating Child Labour through Food Security: A Cross Country Comparison
By Palak Gupta, for Global March Against Child Labour The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide, with 9 million additional children at risk due to the impact of COVID-19, as stated by UNICEF-ILO. One of the most prominent factors contributing to this menace is […]
Prioritising Agro-Rural Areas with Holistic and Community Participatory Initiatives to Accelerate Progress towards Elimination of Child Labour
A recent publication by Global March Against Child Labour, in a Journal of Modern Slavery, guest edited by Cindy Berman and Urmila Bhoola.