Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Lebanon

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Potatoes
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Tobacco
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Lebanon
2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Minimal Advancement

In 2022, Lebanon made minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. In June 2022, the United Nations Children's Fund expanded a national grant for children called Haddi. The program provides cash assistance to children at risk of child labor and child marriage, and to children with disabilities, children in non-formal education, and children needing nutrition support. However, children in Lebanon are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking, and in forced labor in agriculture. Children also engage in child labor in the production of potatoes and tobacco. Furthermore, government officials continued to indicate that governmental funding is insufficient to properly carry out their duties. In addition, Lebanese law prohibits inspectors from inspecting informal workplaces, where the majority of child labor occurs, and social programs targeting child labor remained insufficient to fully address the extent of the problem.

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