Meaningful Efforts:

• Adopted legislation to increase protections for children from hazardous work, commercial sexual exploitation, and child trafficking.
• Drafted new national policies to prevent and eliminate child labor and child trafficking.
• Increased funding for social support programs and cash transfers that benefit low-income families, vulnerable to child labor.

Challenges and Existing Gaps:

• Gaps in data collection inhibit knowledge on the prevalence and nature of child labor.
• Increased recruitment and use of children by non-state armed groups.
• Limitations in authority for labor inspectors to conduct inspections or assess penalties inhibited enforcement efforts.