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Possible
strategies of combating child labor in Zimbabwe
African Network for the Prevention and Protection
against Child Abuse and Neglect
October 24, 2008
A result of
the baseline survey commissioned by the Coalition
against Child Labour in Zimbabwe [CACLAZ] in 2007, the following
recommendations at three levels i.e. policy. Programming and institutional
levels were made.
Policy
level recommendations
The policy level
recommendations are meant to address the issue at national level.
It is recommended that CACLAZ work with government and civil society
organizations to continue tackle the problem of child labor and
abuse in order to eradicate it.
- Poverty reduction
strategies be pursued vigorously by both government and civil
society in order to empower families so that they abandon the
use of child labor.
- CACLAZ should
spearhead the process of lobby and advocating for law and policy
reform that address the issues of child labor and should work
with other partners like government to ensure full implementation
of these laws and policies.
- CACLAZ should
spearhead the establishment of a coordination mechanism for all
stakeholders dealing with child labor. This will enable better
information sharing and a more holistic approach to reducing and
eventually eliminating the problem.
Programme
level recommendations
There is need
to initiate projects or program intervention to address the problem
of child labour through the following;
- Development
of day care centers on commercial farms, plantations, and tea
and sugar estates and as well as plantations so that children
are not taken into the field where they are exposed to harmful
chemicals.
- Pilot reinstatement
of children into schools who have dropped our due to various reasons.
Therefore there is need to expand the BEAM project to reach out
to various OVCs
- Advocate
and lobby employers on commercial farms, plantations, and tea
and sugar estates to grant maternity leave to their female employees
in full recognition of the laws of the land.
- Production
and dissemination of IEC materials for public awareness campaigns
on the extent, nature and solutions to the problem of child labour.
- There is
need to have a project on child birth registration that would
facilitate acquisition of birth certificate by children especially
those from Grand parent and Child headed households. Therefore
there is need to seek strategic partnerships with the Registrars'
Office as well as community leaders, youth groups and church organizations.
Institutional
level recommendations
In order to
effective monitor the progress of child labor related activities
there is need to put in place monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
Source:
CACLAZ Baseline survey 2007
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