Youths’ Strident Voices Demand an End to Child Labour — Global Issues

Youths’ Strident Voices Demand an End to Child Labour — Global Issues

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Lucky Agbavor, a former child labourer from Ghana, shared personal testimony of his life at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour as a former child labourer. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS Children forced into child labour are robbed of their childhoods with dire consequences the 5th Global Conference…

Call to Freedom for Millions of Children Trapped in Child Labour as Global Conference to Comes to Africa — Global Issues

Call to Freedom for Millions of Children Trapped in Child Labour as Global Conference to Comes to Africa — Global Issues

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A child beneficiary holding a drawing portraying domestic violence, at the Centre for Youth Empowerment and Civic Education, Lilongwe, Malawi which partnered with the ILO/IPEC to support the national action plan aimed at combating child labour. Credit: Marcel Crozet/ILO by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, May 13, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi,…

Breaking Taboos around Menstruation and Leaving No Girl Behind — Global Issues

Breaking Taboos around Menstruation and Leaving No Girl Behind — Global Issues

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Hadiza celebrates receiving her Menstrual Hygiene Management Kit. The 14-year-old is a member of a Girls’ Club at Dar es Salam camp. The kits remove a barrier to schooling in Chad – where children already face significant difficulties in accessing education. The JRS – ACRA – CELIAF project is funded…