Child Labour : Priority Actions Under Examination

In Cameroon, child labour is a real problem, mostly found in the informal sector such as the mining, agricultural, and commercial with children seen hawking along various streets in the country. Although there are no current statistics to the situation of child labour in the country, figures from 2008 reveal that some two million children in Cameroon were victims of children labour in the economic sector. Within this backdrop, a strategic workshop to identify priority actions in the fight against child labour, force labour, human trafficking and modern slavery in Cameroon within the framework of the Alliance 8.7 took place yesterday December 22, 2020 in Yaounde.
Presiding at the workshop, the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Grégoire Owona, in the presence of other members of government lauded the purpose of the workshop and partners involved in eradicating child labour in the country. He said the fight against child labour is a priority project in his ministry as prescribed by the Prime Minister, Head of Government. The Minister said there is a global call for the eradication of the worst forms of child exploitation in the country, including work in slavery-like conditions, dangerous and exhausting work, and other extreme forms of exploitation. The International Labour Organization (ILO) had proposed to combat these despicable forms of child exploitation. Grégoire Owona said the workshop was an opportunity for partners in Cameroon to outline priority areas in curbing the phenomenon in the country.
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