The last two decades have seen significant strides in the fight against child labour. But the COVID-19 pandemic poses very real risks of backtracking.1 Positive trends may falter, and child labour may worsen, especially in places where it has remained resistant to change. These risks require urgent action to prevent and mitigate […]
WDACL 2020: Marching with Hope Amidst the Pandemic
Dear members, partners, friends and supporters, Hope you are doing well and staying safe in these uncertain times of COVID-19, which has put forth a great challenge in front of us. Before COVID-19, 152 million children were estimated to be in child labour globally. With the pandemic reaching most countries […]
The Virus and the Children: How Covid-19 will impact child labour — reflections towards World Day Against Child Labour, 2020
By Purva Gupta Working in the anti-child labour space for some time now, I have seen many things — victories, slow progress, emerging trends, fresh global targets, newer alliances and actors, re-packaged strategies, changing donor landscape, and diversity of challenges and adventures. Yet, what I see now is totally unprecedented […]
OUR POSITION ON IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON CHILD LABOUR
GLOBAL MARCH AGAINST CHILD LABOUR NETWORK OUR POSITION ON IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON CHILD LABOUR Download in PDF
COVID-19 and Access to Education for the Most Vulnerable: Recommendations on How Businesses Can Support
COVID-19 has brought education in 195 countries to an unsettling halt with an estimated 91% of the world’s children out of school, 743 million of whom are girls. The impacts of school closures are multidimensional, ranging from the growing digital and learning divide to the increase in malnutrition and risk […]
HOW COVID-19 IS PLAYING WITH STREET CHILDREN IN TANZANIA
By Nyakwesi Mujaya, Daudi Chanila and Eddna Peter Chandeu Children are vulnerable. Their vulnerability stems from the fact that they have limited awareness, skills and resilience to comprehend the predicaments of nature and those created by adults, due to their young age and dependency on others for basic necessities. What […]
HEARING THE SILENT VOICES OF CHILDREN IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS – Reflections from Malawi
By Caleb Ng’ombo The Covid-19 is unarguably a pandemic of epic proportions affecting all sections of humanity. Just like any crisis, it is affecting diverse groups of people, differently. For hundreds of thousands of children in Malawi, their misery is untold and multifaceted. For starters, children account for more than […]
EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON CHILDREN IN GHANA – Some Critical Thoughts
By Andrews Addoquaye Tagoe Ghana is among the top 5 countries in Africa affected by the infamous, COVID-19 virus. While a range of efforts are taking place across the country to respond to this pandemic and minimise its diverse impacts on every life, children constituting the majority of the population […]
Supporting Families and Children in Need: Global March Network’s Response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an extraordinary challenge for the people of all strata across the world. The poor, vulnerable and the most marginalised families and children risk being the biggest victims of this virus. As the numbers of cases seem to be increasing every day, so are the needs […]