child labor including in forced labor in domestic work and in commercial sexual exploitation. The law in Ethiopia does not include free basic education or
Framework of the study: Child labour and the Ethiopian context children's right to identity and could help protecting them from abuse and exploitation.
Unacceptable forms of exploitation of children at work exist and persist but they are particularly difficult to research due to their hidden
UNICEF Child Protection from Violence
Goal Area THREE • Every child is protected from violence and exploitation Although Ethiopia has ratified international conventions on child rights.
of child trafficking and trafficking for forced labour and of the UNODC Crime Research Section colleague Claire Healy
world the socio-cultural perspective of child labour
This report presents the joint research findings and conclusions on child labour forced labour and human trafficking linked to global supply chains from the.
study in Ethiopian perspective Key words: Human rights child rights
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The government has established laws and regulations related to child labor (Table 4) However gaps exist in Ethiopia’s legal framework to adequately protect children from the worst forms of child labor including free and compulsory education Table 4 Laws and Regulations on Child Labor
children in Ethiopia are subjected to the worst forms of child labor including in forced labor in domestic work and in commercial sexual exploitation The law in Ethiopia does not include free basic education or a compulsory age for education leaving children vulnerable to the worst forms of child labor Social programs to address child labor
Children in Ethiopia engage in the worst forms of child labor including in forced labor in domestic work and commercial sexual exploitation (1-4) According to the results of a 2015 national child labor survey published in 2018 almost 16 million children from the ages of 5 to 17 engaged in child labor
Child labour and the youth labour market in Ethiopia 3 Figure 2 Employment and school attendance by age Figure 3 Gender gap of the hours of productive activities between girls and boys by age Main qualitative findings • Poverty is the underlying factor pushing children into child labour
This research commissioned by UNICEF Ethiopia aimed to generate new evidence on child labour assess the effectiveness of existing strategies and programmes and propose future policy recommendations The results provide a comprehensive picture of the drivers and impacts of child labour in Ethiopia PURPOSE