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June 12, 2021
On the eve of World Day Against Child Labour, the Hari Welfare Association (HWA) said on Friday that children in Sindh province were engaged in the worst forms of child labour with indecent and inhuman living and working conditions mainly because of the non-implementation of several bills related to them.
The rights body said the non-implementation of the Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2013, the Sindh Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 2015, the Sindh Prohibition of Employment of Children Act, 2017, The Sindh Child Protection Authority Act, 2011, and Sindh Tenancy Act, 1950, posed question mark on a performance of the authorities in the province. It said that in Sindh, 6.4 million children were out of school, and the vast majority was engaged in child labour.
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As a Government, I am confident that due to the important decisions taken so far to eradicate child labour, Sri Lanka will soon be able to eradicate child labour while achieving the Global Sustainability Goals, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said issuing a message to mark World Day Against Child Labour which falls today.The Full Message: "As the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, who has played a positive role in the elimination of child labour, it.