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The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with school closures and inadequate government assistance, is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor.

From brick kilns to carpet factories, COVID-19 has pushed children as young as eight years old into dangerous and abusive jobs, rights groups said on Wednesday, urging governments to roll out cash allowances to reduce child labour.

Around the world, parents lost jobs and income as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. With few other options, many children whose schools had closed down ended up working to help their families survive.

English Analysis on Ghana and 2 other countries about Education, Protection and Human Rights and Epidemic; published on 26 May 2021 by HRW

26 May 2021, 7:31 AM  |  Reuters  |  @SABCNews Image: ReutersHuman Rights Watch said that cash transfers have historically proven effective in reducing child labour in poor families. Human Rights Watch and advocacy organisations in Ghana, Nepal and Uganda interviewed 81 children working in often risky settings, including gold mines, fisheries and construction sites, during the coronavirus pandemic. “Th...

The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with global school closures and inadequate government assistance, is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor.

A study finds children in Ghana, Nepal and Uganda in dangerous, exploitative work, with long hours and little pay

Summary Before the Covid-19 pandemic, countries around the globe had made remarkable progress in reducing child labor. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the number of children in child labor decreased by approximately 94 million between 2000 and 2016, representing a drop of 38 percent. But as the pandemic caused massive school closures and unprecedented loss of jobs and income for millions of families, many children have entered the workforce to help their families survi...

“The pandemic has hit Ugandan families hard, forcing many children into exploitative work,” said Angella Nabwowe Kasule, programs director at Initiative for Social and Economic Rights. “The government should immediately get children out of precarious labor situations and increase cash assistance to families to prevent further increases in poverty and child labor.” The report is based on interviews with 81 working children, some as young as 8, in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda. In Uganda, ISER...

New HRW Report Chronicles Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Apr 20, 2021 A joint report by Human Right’s Watch and Stanford Law School’s Mills Legal Clinic, titled “ Chinese authorities have often detained Turkic Muslims on the basis of overbroad crimes such as “separatism.” Ilham Tohti, a prominent Uyghur academic who ran a website providing news and information about Turkic Muslims, was prosecuted for separatism and sentenced to life in prison in 2014. R...