Voices from cotton fields

FAO

Voices from cotton fields

Fighting child labour in Burkina Faso, Mali and Pakistan

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 48 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

ISBN 978-92-5-137567-9

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Synopsis (short abstract) Child labour, including hazardous work, one of the worst forms of child labour, is present in cotton value chains in multiple countries across the globe. Not only does child labour infringe on the rights of a child, but it also perpetuates the cycle of poverty among families and communities. With funding from the European Union, the CLEAR Cotton project “Eliminating child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains” was launched in 2018 to support the elimination of child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains in target producing countries. As demonstrated through six human stories, FAO is making a difference in Burkina Faso, Mali and Pakistan, by addressing the linkages between livelihoods improvement and the elimination and prevention of child labour in agriculture.

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FAO. 2023. Voices from cotton fields – Fighting child labour in Burkina Faso, Mali and Pakistan. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4071en

Language English

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