The Impact of Innovations in the Fight Against Trafficking, Exploitation and Child Labor in Cote D'Ivoire

Sehi Mahié Rita Madeleine Sisso

doi:10.7176/jlpg/88-14

Abstract

For the last 20 years, in Cote d'Ivoire, the fight against child labor has become a public and political objective that mobilizes a diversity of actors, and which also gives rise to many controversies. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the impact of innovations in the fight against child labor in Côte d'Ivoire. Thus, on the basis of Child labor in Cote d’Ivoire from the 2008 Survey of Household Living Standard and the 2012-2014 National Action Plan dedicated to combating trafficking, exploitation and child labor, this study highlighted innovations at the institutional, regulatory and legislative levels and finally, the balance sheet of the actions led by the new committee set up. The results of our study showed a marked improvement in the fight in the cocoa industry. However, the impact of the new mechanisms on child labor in its entirety has not been established. Many efforts still remain to be made. Keywords : impact, innovations, trafficking, child labor, Cote d’Ivoire. DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/88-14 Publication date : August 31 st 2019

Highlights

In Africa, child1 labor2 is part of a cultural context of perpetuating values and is an integral part of the process of of socialization and education of the child
Aware of the potential risk and scale of this scourge, the former OAU (Organization of African Union), AU (African Union), was meeting with the ILO on 4 February 1998 in Kampala (Uganda) to assess the risks of increasing the number of African children, and to find appropriate solutions to eradicate this scourge that threatens the future of children
5.Conclusion Cote d 'Ivoire through its 2012-2014 NAP has demonstrated its commitment to make the fight against trafficking, exploitation and child labor a priority

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Introduction

In Africa, child labor is part of a cultural context of perpetuating values and is an integral part of the process of of socialization and education of the child. In recent years with industrialization and the acceleration of the economic crisis, child labor as we have seen in its social and educational component has turned into a form of work marketable. The ILO had estimated that the number of working African children could increase dramatically from the current figure of 80 million (1998 estimate) to 100 million in 2015 as a result of the population explosion of impoverished the weakness or inadequacy of the rate of economic growth in most countries of the continent. This study proved to be virtually true since, according to the latest ILO report, 72 million (or 1/5) of children are working in Africa. The 2016 estimates show that sub-Saharan Africa experienced an increase in child labor during the 2012-2016 period unlike other main regions (ex: China) where child labor has continued to decline. 3 Among these African countries is Côte d'Ivoire, which has a large number of child labourers in various sectors such as agriculture, mining, transport, commerce and the domestic sector

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