New Hope Foundation Zimbabwe
TAKE ACTION NOW !
2021 International year for the elimination of child labour
Globally we are making progress.
Child labour has decreased by 38% in the last decade.
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It’s time to accelerate the pace of progress.
It’s time to inspire legislative and practical actions to eliminate child labour for good.
But we still have 152 million children who are still
in child labour.
It’s time to shift from commitments to action!
CHILD LABOUR IS WORK THAT DEPRIVES CHILDREN OF THEIR CHILDHOOD, THEIR POTENTIAL, AND THEIR DIGNITY.
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It harms children mentally, physically, socially, and morally. It interferes with their schooling, preventing them from attending or concentrating.
It may involve them being enslaved, separated from their families, and exposed to serious hazards and illnesses.
Almost half of child labour happens in Africa (72 million children), followed by Asia and the Pacific (62 million).
70% of children in child labour work in agriculture, mainly in subsistence and commercial farming and herding livestock.
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IT’S TIME TO TAKE ACTION!
This year, we hope for hundreds if not thousands of 2021 Action Pledges to be completed, such as developing a regional roadmap to end child labour, or providing training for local NGOs to prevent an increase in child labour due to COVID-19.