The UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) has withdrawn more than 17,000 children previously engaged in the worst forms of child labour, including sexual exploitation, across Tanzania, APA learned Friday.
Outgoing ILO East Africa Region Director Jurgen Schwettmann told APA Friday that the children, who were working in agriculture, domestic and mining sectors as well as in small-scale mining, have been integrated into formal and informal educational systems.
Schwettmann said over 400 children were rehabilitated through complementary basic education training (COBET), a project implemented by ILO.
The ILO official called on nations to the conventions on child labor to implement ILO projects which aim at combating all forms of child labour.
“Child labor combating remains a priority of the ILO activities in Tanzania which has steady progress in Tanzania, aimed at all forms of child labor in Tanzania,” he said.
To stop the practice in the country, ILO recommended proper training of labor inspectors.
Apart from the elimination of child labor, other ILO global interventions include global campaign on social protection, improved job quality in Africa, HIV/Aids at the work place, and women entrepreneurship development.
ILO also collaborates with UN to implement a program on youth development, combating the worst forms of child labor and the mitigation of the impact of HIV/Aids on society
Source African Press Agency
