Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
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A National Action Plan on the elimination of child labour (or NAP) is a national strategy, plan or programme aimed at addressing child labour within a given country, usually with an emphasis on worst forms of child labour.
Some countries also refer to this as an Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (APEC).
The ILO has set 2008 as the target year by which all countries that have ratified the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
should have NAPs in place.
The following countries have adopted, or plan to adopt, such a programme:
Some countries also refer to this as an Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (APEC).
The ILO has set 2008 as the target year by which all countries that have ratified the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
The Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, known in short as the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, was adopted by the International Labour Organization in 1999 as ILO Convention No 182. It is one of 8 ILO fundamental...
should have NAPs in place.
The following countries have adopted, or plan to adopt, such a programme:
- BotswanaChild labour in BotswanaLittle is known about the nature and extent of child labour in Botswana, although recent studies have shown that the phenomenon does occur in the country....
: the National Action Programme towards the Elimination of Child Labour in Botswana was nationally endorsed in February 2008; - LesothoChild labour in LesothoSignificant levels of child labour appears to be found in Lesotho. The 1997 Lesotho Labour Force Survey found that 4.6% of males who were working full-time, 14.1% of males who were working part-time and 1.3% of male job seekers in Lesotho were aged between 10 and 15 years...
; - NamibiaChild labour in NamibiaChild labour in Namibia has occasionally been reported. This involved cases of child prostitution as well as voluntary and forced agricultural labour, cattle herding and vending....
: the Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour in Namibia was nationally endorsed in January 2008; - South Africa: the first Child Labour Programme of ActionChild Labour Programme of ActionA Child Labour Programme of Action, sometimes called a Child Labour Action Programme or Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour is a national programme aimed at addressing child labour within a given country...
(CLPA) was adopted in 2003; and the phase two CLPA (or CLPA-2), for implementation from 2008 to 2012, in September 2007; - Swaziland: Child LabourChild labour in SwazilandSwaziland ratified both the ILO Minimum Age Convention and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention in 2002. In addition, the country also ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1995...
, the Strategy and Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour was nationally endorsed on 1 April 2008.