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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. “The most shocking finding for me was the exploitation some children were paid in alcohol at stone quar...