Ukuqashwa kwabantwana kuyanda okokuqala eminyakeni engamashumi amabili

Ngokombiko wakamuva we-International Labour Organisation (ILO) kanye ne-United Nations Children's Fund i-UNICEF, ukwanda kokuqashwa kwabantwana emhlabeni wonke kube yizingane eziyizigidi eziyi-8,4 eminyakeni emine edlule. Lokhu kukhuphule inani lezingane ezisetshenziswa ngabantwana laya ezigidini eziyi-160.

Kulokho Bika "Ukuqashwa Kwezingane: Izilinganiso Zomhlaba Wonke 2020, izitayela kanye nendlela eya phambili" (“Child Labor: Global Estimates 2020, Trends and the Way Forward”) zixwayisa ochwepheshe ukuthi “inqubekela phambili ekunqobeni ukusetshenziswa kwezingane imile okokuqala eminyakeni engama-20. Umkhuba omuhle owedlule ubuyiselwe emuva: Phakathi kuka-2000 no-2016, inani lamantombazane nabafana abasebenzisa izingane lehle ngezigidi ezingama-94. "

UMqondisi Jikelele we-ILO uGuy Ryder uyaqiniseka: “Izindlela zokuqonda umphakathi eziyisisekelo eziphelele nezibandakanya konke zingenza imindeni ikwazi ukugcina izingane zayo esikoleni naphezu kobunzima bezomnotho. Ukutshalwa kwemali okwandisiwe ekuthuthukisweni kwezindawo zasemakhaya kanye nomsebenzi ohloniphekile kwezolimo kubalulekile. Sisesikhathini esibucayi futhi okuningi kuya ngokuthi senza kanjani. Sekuyisikhathi sokuzibophezela okuvuselelwe namandla ukuze kuguqulwe lesi simo futhi kunqandwe umjikelezo wobubha nokusetshenziswa kwezingane. "

Okunye okutholakele okubalulekile kombiko:                

• Amaphesenti we-70 yamantombazane nabafana emsebenzini wokuqashwa kwezingane e Umkhakha Wezolimo (Izigidi eziyi-112), Amaphesenti we-20 im Umkhakha wezinsiza (31,4 million) kanye amaphesenti ayishumi ku umkhakha (Izigidi eziyi-16,5).
• fast Amaphesenti we-28 wezingane ezineminyaka emihlanu kuya kweyishumi nanye futhi Amaphesenti we-35 ezinganeni ezineminyaka ephakathi kwengu-12 nengu-14 ezisebenza izingane, ungayi esikoleni.
• In izifunda zasemakhaya ukuqashwa kwezingane kucishe kuphindwe kathathu (amaphesenti ayi-14) kunasemadolobheni (amaphesenti amahlanu).

Umthombo: I-UNICEF Austria

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