Project Resource

Analytical Studies on Child Labour in Mining and Quarrying in Ghana

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Release Year
2013
Document Type
REPORT

A study conducted to support national efforts to eliminate Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL) in the mining and quarrying sector. Specifically, the study aims at the following objectives:  To  examine  the  scope  of  the  problem  of  child  labor  in  mining  and quarrying; to find out the nature and dimensions of child labor in mining and quarrying, including the extent of trafficking into the sector especially of children from other regions and countries; and to recommend measures to enhance interventions against child labor in the mining and quarrying sector in Ghana.

Project Topics
Child Labor
Reduced learning opportunities
Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)
Worst forms of child labor (WFCL)
Hazardous child labor
Occupational Safety and Health
Working conditions
Health effects
Economic Sector
Mining
AGRICULTURE
Manufacturing
Intervention Type
Research
Awareness-raising
Policy strengthening
Training
Livelihoods services
Coordination
Remediation
Goods
Gold
Diamonds
Project
Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in West Africa and Strengthening Sub-regional Cooperation Through ECOWAS II
Grantee
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Author
John Adraki, Development Consultant; Government of Ghana; International Labor Organization (ILO) - International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
Research Type
Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Language
English
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