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Press Briefing

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Release Year
2015
Document Type
Communication strategy
AWARENESS RAISING MATERIALS

A press briefing by Hon. Joseph Amenowode Member of Parliament (MP) for Afadjato and Chair of the Select Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises. The press briefing announces the launch of a Platform of ECOWAS Parliamentarians against Child Labour. Additionally, the press briefing also provides information on the situation of child labor in Ghana, existing regulations, as well as efforts and interventions made to address child labor.

Project Topics
Child Labor
Worst forms of child labor (WFCL)
Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)
Health effects
Reduced learning opportunities
Reduced employment opportunities
Poverty
Cultural norms
LABOR ISSUES
VULNERABILITIES TO LABOR EXPLOITATION
IMPACT OF EXPLOITATION
Economic Sector
Mining
AGRICULTURE
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
Domestic work
Street vending
Begging
SERVICES
INDUSTRY
Intervention Type
Coordination
Policy strengthening
Economic empowerment
Remediation
Education
Microfinance
Social protection systems
Training
Cash transfer programs
Goods
Cocoa
Project
Towards Child Labor Free Cocoa Growing Communities
Grantee
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Author
Joseph Amenowode
Research Type
Quantitative research
Language
English
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