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Mali is the second-biggest cotton producer in Africa. 40% of its rural population depends on cotton. Many families involved in cotton production experience extreme poverty and have to rely on their children as a workforce to survive. Child labour is work that is inappropriate for children’s age or harms their...

Cotton is one of the most important crops in Burkina Faso, generating the largest export earnings. Cotton production is heavily dependent on natural resources and labour, including child labour. Child labour is work that is inappropriate for children’s age or harms their education, health, safety or morals. In Burkina Faso,...

In Lebanon, FAO and the NGO Plan International Lebanon developed a game application called “REEFI”. REEFI means “my rural place” in Arabic. It is an educational game application that seeks to raise awareness on child labour and promote occupational safety and health in agriculture among youth in the Arab region....

Cotton is one of the most common fabrics in the world. Its production is heavily dependent on natural resources and labour. Unfortunately, child labour is often a part of this. Child labour is work that is inappropriate for a child’s age, or harmful to children’s education, health, safety or morals....

Mali is the second-biggest cotton producer in Africa. 40% of its rural population depends on cotton. Many families involved in cotton production experience extreme poverty and have to rely on their children as a workforce to survive. Child labour is work that is inappropriate for children’s age or harms their...