Foro Global sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Foro FSN)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hope that this email finds you in good health. On behalf of Centre for Youth Empowerment and Civic Education (CYECE), I would like to submit our contribution towards Call for action: ending child labour in agriculture with the help of agricultural stakeholders.

CYECE is an NGO based in Malawi working towards child promotion, Youth Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Youth Empowerment and Participation. Please find the attached form for your attention.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Lucky Crown Mbewe 

Dear Bernd,

Please find attached the completed submission on behalf of ICI.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have questions or require additional information.

Best, Megan

Dear Team,

I write to submit my application as in the Call for Action: ending child labour in agriculture with the help of agricultural stakeholders through my organization -Youth Coalition for the Consolidation of Democracy -Malawi. Please find attached.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

In solidarity and partnership 

Francis Folley

Please find attached the response of Cleannation Foundation as regards the call against child labour in agriculture.



Thank you.



Ayo Okelana

Cleannation Foundation

Hello FSN Forum Team,

CARE is pleased to respond to the call for action on ending child labor in agriculture with the help of agricultural stakeholders. Our submission, Harnessing the Power of a Multi-sectoral Approach and Public-Private Partnership to Address the Root Causes of Child Labor in Cocoa Communities, is attached herewith. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or comments.

Thank you and kind regards,

Andrew

Greetings from Global March Against Child Labour!

Please see attached our contribution to the ongoing call for action. 

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Regards,

Gazal Malik

Policy Research Coordinator

Global March Against Child Labour International Secretariat

Dear Mr. Bernd Seiffert

As per the official reports Child labour situation in Sri Lanka are as follows;

"Some 40,000 children are working as child labourers, which is about 1% of the school-going child population. In other words, one out of a hundred children in Sri Lanka are in child labour, mostly hazardous forms. 



Child labour and non-attendance in regular schooling is relatively high in Sri Lanka’s rapidly urbanising city centres than in rural areas. There is an established pattern of child labour –predominantly in the teenage category, engaged in the informal services sector. Their numbers are highest in the districts of Kurunegala, Gampaha, Colombo, Monaragala, and Batticaloa, with many other urbanised localities not far behind. 



A large proportion of soon to be young adults are engaged in child labour within the broader ecosystem of the informal services sector: such as in tourism, transport, petty trading, and caregiving. A majority of these children are boys. A large number also work in boutiques, tea kiosks, eateries, and other informal trades, in low-wage and precarious employment"

However, in my opinion, to eliminate child labour in agriculture  a country should have a holistic approach; Some of the sectors to be considered are as follows;

1. Poverty reduction should be given first priority

2. In some agricultural families parents do not prefer children's to have higher education as eventually they will move away from farms and no one to look after farmlands; In that case flexible school educations for agricultural families, agricultural colleges and universities would be a better option, until countries will develop to adopt equalize systems and until eradicating the poverty.

3. Farmers insurance & crop insurance  should be popularized as interruptions to child education and children moving to farmland instead of having an education at school are some impacts of hazardous situations such as droughts, floods

3. Current education system should be more equipped with agricultural knowledge. However, it should be rather giving specific agricultural knowledge, such as techniques, language to all children, while giving them overall knowledge there should be a system to give specific agricultural knowledge to those who are from agricultural areas, those who are interested to learn. This should not be considered as marginalizing or discriminating as it is to give priority to agriculture as a subject and give equlize importance to specialize such knowledge.

4. There should be parallel awareness campaigns to educate people that any career is not higher or lower than another. Not only doctors, lawyers but farmers are highly important to the development of the country. At least the education system should be catered to make such changes in the idiology, while governments taking actions to improve the standard of living of farmers.  

Sajeevani Weerasekara, Sri Lanka

Prière de trouver ci-joint notre modeste contribution

Cordialement

Sylvie Christel MBOG

ODECO Cameroun

Veuillez trouver en annexe l'avant projet de l'appel à l'action pour la lutte contre le travail des enfants dans le secteur agro-alimentaire.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the ILO Office for Turkey, I would like to share with you our “Call for action for ending child labour in seasonal agriculture with the help of agricultural stakeholders”.

Below you can also see web-links to the ongoing projects of ILO Turkey.

https://www.ilo.org/ankara/projects/child-labour/lang--en/index.htm

We wish our call would contribute to the FAO regional consultations for the International Year.

Looking forward to receiving more information on the FAO high-level Global Event on Ending Child Labour in Agriculture and developing new collaboration opportunities in the near future.

With best regards,

Emre Yılmaztürk

Senior Project Coordinator

ILO Office for Turkey