Child labour in the agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.

30 November 2021. The Committees on Development and the Committee on International Trade held a joint hearing to discuss the ways to tackle child labour in developing countries.

• Draft programme (PDF - 327 KB)
• Webstreaming
• Poster (PDF - 1 MB)

2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and Members of the European Parliament together with the distinguished panelists representing international organisations, private sector, governments and civil society debated how the European development cooperation policy and initiatives and trade policies and agreements can best serve to address the root causes of child labour, notably in agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Benjamin SMITH, ILO senior technical specialist on child labour 
• Adama Yaya DIARRA, FAO Coordinator of the CLEAR cotton project (Mali)
  
  "Child labor in agriculture is not just a human rights issue but reducing it is key for decent jobs, rural development & food security and crucial to achieve SDGs 1 & 2" 
  
  
• Adama KAMARA, Minister of Employment and Social Protection of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire 
• Elizabeth AKANBOMBIRE, Head of Child Labour Unit, Ministry of Employment and Labour relations of the Republic of Ghana 
• Patrick OWUSU, The Asunafo North Municipal Cooperative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union (Ghana) 
• Theodorah NABUKALU, Programme Officer at the African Network for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Global March (Uganda) and Gazal MALIK, Programme and Advocacy Manager, Global March 
• Molly NAMIREMBE, Program officer and a SCREAM trainer at the Ecological Christian Organization (ECO) in Uganda (youth advocate)