Child Slavery: Approximately 25% of children ages 5-14 years in Ghana were working in 2000. In rural areas, children can be found working in picking, fishing, herding and as contract farm labor. Children also work as domestics, porters, hawkers, miners and quarry workers, and fare-collectors[1]. The Children’s Act sets the minimum age for employment at [...]
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Child Slavery in Ghana: The scope of the problem
Posted in Child Trafficking, Health and Development, tagged 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report, Child Slavery, Child Trafficking, Department of State, G/TIP, Ghana, Human Trafficking Act 2006, Lake Volta, The Children's Act, UNHCR on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »