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Child labour continues to be a great concern around the world. It has been estimated that there are some 215 million child labourers globally and that some 60 percent of them work in the agriculture sector, including in fisheries and aquaculture. Children engage in a wide variety of activities in...

In Tunisia, youth unemployment and high prevalence of vulnerable population, especially in West end Central regions, has been the major cause of the revolution. The political upheaval in the country and in Libya has worsened the situation. It is essential and urgent for the success of the democratic transition process...

In December 2010, knowledge-sharing and planning workshops on child labour in agriculture were organized in Lilongwe, Malawi by the Child Labour Unit of the Ministry of Labour in cooperation with the FAO, ILO and IUF on behalf of the International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture. The principal result...