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Child labourTrafficked children and children working under conditions characterised as worst form of child labour, such as child soldiers, prostitutes and street children are not covered in standard household surveys. Fafo is working on developing methodologies to approach these groups, both with quantitative and qualitative methodology to provide data on their situation. TraffickingFafo has carried out several projects related to trafficking in women and children in various countries, i.e. Ukraine, the Balkans, the Baltic States and Norway. Both qualita-tive and quantitative methodological approaches have been applied. Domestic child workersFafo has carried out specific studies on child domestic workers, a main work arena for young girls worldwide. The phenomenon is studied using both quantitative and qualitative methodology. Child labour in formal and informal sectorFafo has available data from the different Living Condition Surveys that enable an establishment of a database on children working in formal and informal sector. In contextChild labour in context: Fafo usually collects child labour data as part of multi topic surveys. This gives the analyst a unique opportunity to grasp how child labour is linked up to social factors. ConventionsChild trafficking is today recognised as a serious violation of children's rights. Rights leading back to the 1956 UN Convention on the abolition of slavery, slave trading and trading and institutions similar to slavery. During the last 15 years there have been established three new legal pillars that affirms the right of the child: a) The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), where article 32 recognises the child's right "to be protected from economic exploitation"; b) The 1999 Convention 182 of the ILO, which in article 3 (a) recognises child trafficking as the worst form of child labour (C182 comes in addition to Convention 138 on Child Labour); c) The UN General Assembly, Resolution 54/129 of 15 November 2000 to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, particularly women and children (The Palermo Protocol). |
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