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Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show 8.5 percent of children, or 1.3 million, are engaged in child labour.

Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh has called for everyone across the nation to understand the issues surrounding child labour and to make sure that children are given appropriate forms of work.

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. S...

Syriens Machthaber kandidiert für eine erneute Präsidentschaft. Zwei weitere Bewerber sind zugelassen, eine echte Wahl aber haben die Menschen nicht.

“Our prisons are teeming with young men serving lengthy sentences for having had sexual intercourse with adolescent girls whose consent has been held to be immaterial because they were under 18 years. The wisdom and justice of this unfolding tragedy calls for serious interrogation,” said the judges. Public forums and discussions followed, but a final report, Minimum Age of Consent for Sex: Addressing the Dilemma, recommended that the age of consent remain at 18, adding that any reduction could negate gains made by the country on gender equality. It stated that the primary objective of the...