Fiji Child Labour DVD to be launched at the National Child Labour Forum
The plight of children in child labour in Fiji will be raised, through the launching of a DVD titled “Back to School- Tackling Child Labour in Fiji”
Suva, Fiji (ILO News) – Once again, the plight of children in child labour in Fiji will be raised, and this time through the launching of a DVD titled “Back to School- Tackling Child Labour in Fiji”. The DVD follows the progress and challenges of a child, withdrawn from hazardous work in Fiji and back in school. Stakeholders involved in actions against child labour share their views on what has been done, and remains to be done to eliminate child labour in Fiji.
The child labour DVD, produced by the EU-Funded TACKLE (Tackling child labour through education) project, will be launched by the Hon. Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations, Mr. Jone Usamate at the Fiji National Child Labour Forum on the 25th February 2013. The Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations has a Child Labour Monitoring Unit that was established in 2011 with support from the European Union and International Labour Organization.
Following the first National Child Labour Forum in 2008, Fiji child labour research surveys found children in commercial sexual exploitation, working on the streets, in hazardous work in the agricultural and informal sectors and working below the minimum legal age of employment. This led to the implementation of strategies to withdraw children from child labour, prevent out-of-school children from engaging in child labour, and mobilise actions at the school and community level.
The National Child Labour Forum 2013, comprising of representatives from government, trade unions, employer organizations, civil society, academia and the media, will evaluate actions to tackle child labour in Fiji, identify emerging priorities, and develop an exit strategy for the TACKLE project.
The Forum will be held from the 25-27 February at the Shangri-La Fijian Resort.
The child labour DVD, produced by the EU-Funded TACKLE (Tackling child labour through education) project, will be launched by the Hon. Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations, Mr. Jone Usamate at the Fiji National Child Labour Forum on the 25th February 2013. The Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations has a Child Labour Monitoring Unit that was established in 2011 with support from the European Union and International Labour Organization.
Following the first National Child Labour Forum in 2008, Fiji child labour research surveys found children in commercial sexual exploitation, working on the streets, in hazardous work in the agricultural and informal sectors and working below the minimum legal age of employment. This led to the implementation of strategies to withdraw children from child labour, prevent out-of-school children from engaging in child labour, and mobilise actions at the school and community level.
The National Child Labour Forum 2013, comprising of representatives from government, trade unions, employer organizations, civil society, academia and the media, will evaluate actions to tackle child labour in Fiji, identify emerging priorities, and develop an exit strategy for the TACKLE project.
The Forum will be held from the 25-27 February at the Shangri-La Fijian Resort.