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[1]: page 594 Poor children in particular are trafficked internally for commercial sexual exploitation. [1]: page 594 Tanzania ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991 [3] and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in 2003. [4] Tanzania then enacted the Law of the Child Act, 2009. [5]
Child labour is defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as participation in economic activity by underage persons aged 5 to 17. Child work harms children, interferes with their education, and prevents their development. The prevalence of child labour is notable in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia ...
Africa has a long history of child labour. Above, colonial Cameroon children weaving in 1919.. Children in Africa have worked in farms and at home over a long history. This is not unique to Africa; large number of children have worked in agriculture and domestic situations in America, Europe and every other human society, throughout history, prior to 1950s.
Furthermore, child workers in Sub-Saharan Africa account for about 80 million children or 4 out of every 10 children under 14 years old which is the highest child labour rate in the world. The ACRWC defines a "child" as a human being below the age of 18 years.
South Africa: the first Child Labour Programme of Action (CLPA) was adopted in 2003; and the phase two CLPA (or CLPA-2), for implementation from 2008 to 2012, in September 2007; Swaziland: Child Labour, the Strategy and Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour was nationally endorsed on 1 April 2008. [4]
In 2008 the Government of Tanzania did not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it made significant efforts to do so. [2] In 2014, Tanzania was a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Boys were ...
Child labour in Swaziland. All these countries have ratified the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999, which identifies worst forms of child labour, including the commercial sexual exploitation of children, forced labour, children used by adults in the commission of crime, child trafficking and other forms of very hazardous work. The ...
The elimination of child labour was one of the main goals of the ILO. According to the UN agency, 152 million children worldwide are affected by the convention, almost half of which do dangerous work. Most child labour is carried out in the agricultural sector, mainly due to poverty and the difficulties faced by parents.