Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Lesotho

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Lesotho
2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Moderate Advancement

In 2022, Lesotho made moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The Government of Lesotho organized 17 radio programs and 39 school seminars with a focus on human trafficking and finalized a report with recommendations on how to improve the criminal justice system's response to human trafficking. The government also placed additional officers at the Moshoeshoe International Airport to help identify human trafficking victims and the Lesotho Police Forces rescued four girls from being trafficked. However, children in Lesotho are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also perform dangerous tasks in animal herding. Lesotho's compulsory education age of 13 is below the minimum age for work, which is 15, leaving children between these ages vulnerable to child labor. The government also lacks effective coordination mechanisms to address child labor, and labor inspections are not conducted in high-risk sectors, including the informal sector, in which child labor is prevalent.

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