Children’s Work in African Agriculture
Title | Children’s Work in African Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | James Sumberg |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2023-04-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1529226074 |
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Millions of children throughout Africa undertake many forms of farm and domestic work. Some of this work is for wages, some is on their family’s own small plots and some is forced and/or harmful. This book examines children’s involvement in such work. It argues that framing all children’s engagement in economic activity as ‘child labour’, with all the associated negative connotations, is problematic. This is particularly the case in Africa where many rural children must work to survive and where, the contributors argue, much of the work undertaken is not harmful. The conceptual and case-based chapters reframe the debate about children’s work and harm in rural Africa with the aim of shifting research, public discourse and policy so that they better serve the interest of rural children and their families.
Children's Work in African Agriculture
Title | Children's Work in African Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | James Sumberg |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2023-04-28 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN | 1529226058 |
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Millions of children throughout Africa undertake many forms of farm and domestic work. Some of this work is for wages, some is on their family's own small plots and some is forced and/or harmful. This book examines children's involvement in such work. It argues that framing all children's engagement in economic activity as 'child labour', with all the associated negative connotations, is problematic. This is particularly the case in Africa where many rural children must work to survive and where, the contributors argue, much of the work undertaken is not harmful. The conceptual and case-based chapters reframe the debate about children's work and harm in rural Africa with the aim of shifting research, public discourse and policy so that they better serve the interest of rural children and their families.
African Children at Work
Title | African Children at Work PDF eBook |
Author | Gerd Spittler |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3643902050 |
Most children in Africa start working from a very early age, helping the family or earning wages. Should this work be abolished, tolerated, or encouraged? Such questions are the subject of much debate. International and national organizations, employers, parents, and children often have diverse opinions and put pressure in different directions. The contributions in this book offer intensive fieldwork and careful analysis of children's activities, considering childhood and family, work and play, work in rural and urban contexts, paths to learning, work and school, and children's rights. (Series: Reports on African Studies / Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung - Vol. 52)
Ten years of FAO experience on ending child labour in agriculture in Africa
Title | Ten years of FAO experience on ending child labour in agriculture in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | Food & Agriculture Org. |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2022-05-16 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9251361983 |
This compendium is the result of a first-of-its-kind stocktaking exercise looking at FAO activities to address child labour in agriculture in Malawi, Mali, Uganda, the Niger and the United Republic of Tanzania over a decade (2010–2020). It is intended to make a practical contribution to the field of child labour elimination in agriculture, by shedding a light on some of the FAO-supported activities, country processes and practices as well as achievements, and lessons learned. As such, it highlights the general main lessons learned and key messages, outlines and provide details on country processes and related outcomes and achievements on knowledge generation, capacity development, awareness raising, policy advice and promotion of advocacy and partnerships. The contents on these FAO strategies for the elimination of child labour in agriculture are complemented by examples of areas of work such as promoting safe practices and labour-saving technologies and empowering and building the skills of youth aged 15–17 by facilitating school-to-work transition in agriculture.
FAO framework on ending child labour in agriculture
Title | FAO framework on ending child labour in agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | FAO |
Publisher | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2020-06-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9251328463 |
The purpose of the FAO’s framework is to guide the Organization and its personnel in the integration of measures addressing child labour within FAO’s typical work, programmes and initiatives at global, regional and country levels. It aims to enhance compliance with organization’s operational standards, and strengthen coherence and synergies across the Organization and with partners. The FAO framework is primarily targeted at FAO as an organization, including all personnel in all geographic locations. But the framework is also relevant for FAO’s governing bodies and Member States, and provides guidance and a basis for collaboration with development partners. The framework is also to be used as a key guidance to assess and monitor compliance with FAO’s environmental and social standards addressing prevention and reduction of child labour in FAO’s programming.
Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms
Title | Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms PDF eBook |
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Pages | |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Agricultural laborers |
ISBN |
Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 1993-02-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309048974 |
This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.