Ignorance fuels acceptance of child labour - Jamaica Observer - International Initiative to End Child Labor

Ignorance fuels acceptance of child labour – Jamaica Observer

By Umbrellus LLC

Posted April 19, 2011

In Agriculture, Child Domestic Labor, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Girls in child labor, Hazardous Labor, Human Trafficking, Street children

The worst forms of child labour include child trafficking, forced labour, domestic servitude among others. According to Section 33 of the Child Care and Protection Act, no person should employ a child under the age of 13 years. A child may, however, …
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