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This Convention requires ratifying states to pursue a national policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour and to progressively raise the minimum age for admission to employment or work. South Africa also assisted in drafting the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (C182), which it ratified in 2000. In terms of ...
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 Convention requires of states ...
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]
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.
National Public Health Institute of South Africa Act, 2020: 2: Border Management Authority Act, 2020: 3: National Minimum Wage Amendment Act, 2020: 4: Division of Revenue Act, 2020: 6: Defence Amendment Act, 2020: 7: Appropriation Act, 2020: 8: Civil Union Amendment Act, 2020: 9: Science and Technology Laws Amendment Act, 2020: 10: Division of ...
Britain for example passed a law, the so-called Masters and Servants Act of 1899, followed by Tax and Pass Law, to encourage child labour in colonies particularly in Africa. These laws offered the native people the legal ownership to some of the native land in exchange for making labour of wife and children available to colonial government's ...
Pages in category "Child Labour Programme of Action (South Africa)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The most recent conference was held in Durban, South Africa from 15 to 20 May 2022. [68] The ILO has established the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12 as an annual event starting in 2002 to raise awareness and prompt action to tackle child labour worldwide.