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Unlocking women’s capacity to become agents of change in the fight to reduce child labour in agriculture in Pakistan

FAO’s approach under the CLEAR Cotton project

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Author FAO; ILO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) The CLEAR Cotton project: Eliminating child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains (2018-2023) is co-funded by the European Union and the International Labor Organization (ILO) ). It is implemented by the ILO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the government, employers' and workers' organizations, the private sector, cooperatives, and civil society organizations. This fact sheet presents the areas of intervention implemented as part of the project by FAO in Pakistan as well as their approaches and results with a focus on the lessons learned from empowering women with knowledge, skills and means to start their own businesses. It also presents an overview of the results of ILO-supported interventions as well as lessons learned from the project as a whole.

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