Brazil and Jamaica, two of the founding international locations of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Freed from Little one Labour are holding an alternate of greatest practices in labour inspection, use of information and integration of social safety from 27 November 27 to 1 December, 2023 with the participation of presidency officers, representatives of employers’ organizations and staff’ organizations.
This alternate is a part of the nationwide commitments of each international locations to eradicate baby labour. Pearnel Charles Jr. Minister of Labour and Social Safety of Jamaica emphasised that Jamaica should put an finish to baby labour. “This can be a ethical selection we make as leaders and residents to guard our most necessary asset, our human capital, our kids and adolescents.”
It’s value noting that Jamaica, beneath the Programme for Development By means of Well being and Schooling (PATH), has been selling a give attention to its social safety actions based mostly on the areas with the best vulnerability recognized by means of the Little one Labour Threat Identification Mannequin (MIRTI).
“The motion developed by Jamaica demonstrates that using information in determination making contributes to advancing the achievement of social justice, selling focused and environment friendly interventions for households susceptible to baby labour,” mentioned Resel Melville, Official on the Regional Initiative and Nationwide Venture Coordinator on the ILO Respectable Work Group and Workplace for the Caribbean.
For a number of years, Brazil has been implementing a robust and strategic labour inspection programme geared toward enhancing the detection of improper labour practices and guaranteeing compliance with present laws. These actions are along with strengthening its social safety insurance policies and programmes, by means of enhancements within the assortment and evaluation of information on the multi-dimensional well-being of households, kids and adolescents.
These profitable experiences within the prevention and eradication of kid labour are noteworthy for his or her concrete achievements and their potential to be replicated in different contexts.
“I want to spotlight the advantages of the alternate for each international locations, Brazil and Jamaica, derived from sharing Brazilian good practices carried out by the Secretariat of Labour Inspection of the Ministry of Labour and Employment of Brazil, in addition to points associated to occupational security and well being and the promotion of first rate work by means of the struggle in opposition to baby labour and compelled labour,” mentioned Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro, Ambassador of Brazil to Jamaica.
Throughout the three-day alternate, greater than 40 officers, Jamaican authorities and representatives of employers’ and staff’ organizations are reflecting on labour inspection, using information and social safety for the prevention of kid labour.
These workshops, coordinated by means of the Technical Secretariat of the Regional Initiative and the ILO Subregional Workplace for the Caribbean, are being delivered because of the assist of the Brazilian Cooperation Company (ABC), a associate within the ILO-Brazil South-South Cooperation Programme.
The Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Freed from Little one Labour is a bunch of 31 international locations working in an articulated and tripartite method to realize the primary era free of kid labour within the area.
At the moment, the Regional Initiative is made up of: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela, along with the Worldwide Group of Employers (IOE) and the Commerce Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA).
The Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Freed from Little one Labour operates with the technical help of the ILO and the sustained assist of its companions, the Spanish Company for Worldwide Growth Cooperation (AECID), the Andalusian Company for Worldwide Growth Cooperation (AACID), the Brazilian Cooperation Company (ABC) and the USA Division of Labor (USDOL).
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