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Proactive Measures Combat Child Labour in Agriculture
Moldova Shares its Experience in Developing a Groundbreaking Code of Conduct -
(pdf 1,22 MB)
Source: "The UN in Moldova" Magazine, October-December 2008, No. 4(37)
Latin American and Caribbean Subregional Conference/Workshop
Business against Child Labour: Tools for Action
7-8 October 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The objectives of the Conference are:
- Strengthen the capacities of employers' organizations, enterprises that have joined the
Global Compact, and Argentinean Network of Enterprises against Child Labour, through
training in the use of the Employers' Guides to eradicate child labor;
- Promote a subregional exchange of information on good business practices against child
labour and to showcase success stories of companies promoting the eradication of child
labour, particularly in Argentina;
- Address the matter of supply-chains, to encourage businesses to take action to raise
awareness among their suppliers, regarding the human cost of child labor as well as its
negative economic and social consequences.
Relevant documents:
A team of the Federation of Agriculture Employers
visits agri-enterprises to monitor the Child Labour Code of Conduct in Moldova
From 11 November 2008, Moldova
The National Federation of Employers in Agriculture and the Food Industry
(FNPAIA) has set up a team to monitor agri-entrepreneurs' compliance with the
Code of Conduct for employers on the elimination of the worst forms of child
labour in agriculture and the food industry.
This monitoring initiative -
(pdf 58 KB), which
is the first of its kind in Moldova, started in Orhei and Hânceşti on 11 and 18
November 2008 and will continue from there to Floreşti, Bălţi, Ştefan Vodă and
other localities across the country.
Inter-Regional Conference on Sharing Experiences and Taking Action in Combating Child Labour
30-31 October 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan
This two-day Conference
will include presentations and discussion on what employers can do in combating child labour.
It is a follow-up to the "Inter-Regional Conference for Employers on Sharing Experiences and Lessons Learnt"
held in Istanbul, September 2007.
2007 Annual Report for ACT/EMP's Child Labour Project
The Annual Report -
(pdf 102 KB)
shows that Employers' Organisations are taking more and wider range of actions that are
having an impact in combating child labour in Africa, Eastern Europe and Caucasus.
Rapid Assessment survey sheds light on the prevalence of the Worst
Forms of Child Labour in the Ugandan fisheries sector
By Eddy J. Walakira, Jimrex Byamugisha
Advisor: Ms. Anne-Brit Nippierd ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities
The study on Child Labour in the Fishing Sector in Uganda - (pdf 3,33 MB), commissioned by the International Labour Organization, in collaboration with the Federation of Uganda Employers and National Union of Trade Unions, was conducted on the fish landing sites of Uganda's major water bodies including Lake Victoria (Kalangala and Wakiso districts), Kyoga (Kamuli district), Edward and George (Kasese district). Lake Albert was excluded because of rebel insecurity and land conflicts at the time of data collection. Interviews were conducted among 292 children aged 5-17 and 223 parents/guardians-identified through a tracer approach-so that data from a child would be linked to his/her guardian. Qualitative approaches involving FGDs and Case Studies, complemented quantitative data. Children below 18 years comprised 70% of the household surveyed, 50% were orphans and literacy rate on landing sites stood at only 17% among all household members aged 6 years and above.
 Children working on the fish landing sites were considered to be in child labour, owing to the nature of work they did according to their age or, the circumstances under which work was done. Those not in child labour were not involved in work. Of all children interviewed, 94% were in child labour. The proportion increased with age and was highest among 15-17 year olds (95%). More boys (95%) were affected than girls (88%). The proportion of children in hazardous work was 71 percent. Children were predominantly involved in fishing-45%; scaling fish-35%, cleaning fish-26%, collecting firewood for 5-11 year olds 30%, and hotel/bar/entertainment-32% of girls.
 Children (71%) got injured or fell sick in the last 6 months due to work. Injuries or wounds from insect and fish bites, pricks, malaria and drowning in water, chest pains and diarrhea were experienced. Non school attendance (59% were not attending school), insufficient school facilities, high cost of attending school, poor attitude towards education by guardians, wide spread poverty, HIV/AIDS prevalence and insufficient social services are some of the factors behind wide spread child labour.
Priority should be put on increasing school attendance, skills training for older children, propagating knowledge on hazardous work and advocating for increased social services delivery on the landing sites-as a multipronged strategy for fighting child labour.
Moldovan Agricultural Employer Organisation (FNPAIA) adopts
Code of Conduct to fight against child labour with support of ILO ACT/EMP
On 19 December 2007 the Council of the National Federation of Employers in Agriculture and
Food Industry (FNPAIA) in Moldova unanimously endorsed a
Code of Conduct for Employers on the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Agriculture and the Food Industry -
(pdf 273 KB)
with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Moldovan Ministry of Economy and Trade applauds initiative
The Code was the result of a three year long project supported by the
ILO Bureau for Employers'
Activities (ACT/EMP) and funded by the Norwegian Government. The Deputy Minister of Economy and
Trade, Mr Sergiu Sainciuc who met with representatives of FNPAIA and ACT/EMP on the previous day
expressed his appreciation that the National Federation of Employers in Agriculture and
Food Industry
had responded so positively to the challenge of eliminating the worst forms
of child labour in this sector.
He considered this initiative gave practical support and reinforcement to the Government's
ratification of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention No. 182 in July 2007.
See also an interview with the ACT/EMP specialist in the
ILO Office in Budapest, Ms. Anne Knowles and FNPAIA's homepage.
Inter-Regional Conference on Sharing Experiences and Lessons Learnt on Child Labour
27-28 September 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
ACT/EMP and the Turkish Confederation of Employers' Associations (TISK) jointly organized with
the support of ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) a Inter-Regional
Conference on Sharing Experiences and Lessons Learnt on Child Labour from 27 to 28 September 2007 in Istanbul.
Representatives of employers' organizations from 12 countries from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and
Central Asia attended the Conference. Other participants at the Conference included the President and
Secretary-General of TISK and other TISK staff, representatives of Turkish trade unions, the Turkish
Undersecretary of Ministry of Labour and Social Security, UNICEF, ILO and IOE.
The aim was to inspire employers to take action and to better enable employers' organizations to
design strategies and programmes aimed at addressing the problem in their respective countries,
paying particular attention to the gender dimension of child labour.
The report from the Conference -
(pdf 6,9 MB)
• Russian
(pdf 553 KB)
• Turkish
(pdf 6,82 MB)
includes the joint statement adopted
at the Conference, a summary of the presentations held,
and an overview of child labour activities in the
countries represented.
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