2021-06-11 17:30:21 GMT2021-06-12 01:30:21(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
GABORONE, June 11 (Xinhua) The situation of children especially those already in child labor is even more precarious due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) executive secretary Stergomena Lawrence-Tax said Friday.
Calling SADC member states to take a collective action to end child labor ahead of the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labor, Lawrence-Tax said the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the prevalent challenges facing children. SADC is an inter-governmental organization with headquarters in Gaborone, Botswana. To mitigate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on children, may I call upon SADC member states to continue implementing appropriate relief measures and interventions targeting the poor and vulnerable including in particular children who are more disproportionately affected, she said, a day before the main commemo
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The International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations body, launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 to bring attention to the problem of child labour and consolidate efforts in the fight against it.