President Museveni launches National Action Plan on Elimination of Child Labour




President Yoweri Museveni has  launched the National Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labor in Uganda 2021-25.

This was at the event of the  International Labour Day that was commemorated yesterday 1st May 2021, at State house Entebbe.

The National Action Plan will Increase access to social protection and social assistance services to households affected by child labour and those at risk.

The UN Resident Coordinator Rosa Malango, welcomed the efforts Uganda is putting in to eradicate child labour. "Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, 2021 has been declared the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour by the UN General Assembly," she said . 

She added that the United Nations  welcomes the efforts of the Government with support from ILO and FAO to develop essential frameworks such as the National Child Labour Policy and its Action Plan which are aligned to NDPIII and SDG 8 which calls on the global community to take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment.

The UN resident coordinator commended the actions being taken by the government of Uganda to save children you are currently involved in child labour. " Your action is particularly important for the two million Ugandan children between 5-17 years old who are reported to be engaged in some form of child labour, constituting 14 percent of all children in the nation," Rosa said.

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