What are our challenges and obligations in addressing prostitution, pornography and trafficking, child soldiering, and work that harms the health, safety, or morals of children. Other issues are just out there, inspiring controversy and debate. Greg Woodhead, Public Policy Department. That Cannot Be Ignored As a ratifying country, the United States is required to design and implement a program of action to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The worst includes work which is likely to harm the health, safety, or morals of children.
New research sheds light on possible priority areas.
No schools, no access to affordable education, and low quality of education have all contributed to the growing global problem of child labor. As long as these educational deficiencies are allowed to continue, child labor cannot be effectively eliminated. As advocates band together to raise international action on this issue, targeted initiatives are underway. There are internal and external agents that can and do impact the problem. This session explores how development agencies address child labor, the possible role of debt relief in ameliorating child labor, the poor allocation of national resources for basic education, and the reliance on international monies to provide education and rehabilitation to child laborers.