Technical Session 4
Child labour Endemic Countries:
Challenges and Strategies
FACTS, FIGURES AND
PRACTICES
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Link between poverty – informal economy and Child
labour is world wide
Important role of teachers (drop out of children) and
teacher unions
Poverty vs child labour and vice versa
Child labour is in all sectors
Child labour must be tackled in relation to other
themes like wages, etc.
Issue of wealth and income distribution as TU strategy ?
ROLES OF ACTORS
Who is doing what when and
towards whom ?
UN Agencies
Regions (Asean-EU-…)
National governments
Regional authorities
Local communities
Multinational companies
National Companies
Employers associations
Micro economies
GUF
National federations- confederations
Local unions
Members
OTHER ISSUES RAISED OR
NOTED
Good Governance
No child labour
Individual objectives
child labour
Society objectives
Corruption
RECOMMENDATIONS AND
ACTION POINTS
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Coordinate actions
Focus on collective agreements
Concrete actions – local community- committee
Awareness – empowerment- change of
mentality vs change of behavior
Reward – punish
THANK YOU!
DHANYAVAAD!