Eve Crowley, FAO Deputy Director for Gender, Equity and Rural Employment, talks about the first global study on child labour issues relating to livestock. In this short interview, Ms Crowley explains some of the risks faced by children working with livestock and outlines ways to address the problem, including policy work and awareness raising at the community level.

The FAO Report, Children’s work in the livestock sector: Herding and beyond, recommends countries and development partners tackle child labour in livestock with a number of actions that could contribute to improve the lives of poor and rural boys and girls. Bernd Seiffert, FAO focal point on child labour, Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division (FAO) elaborates.