654 Line Eldring, Sabata Nakanyane and Malehoko Tshoaedi

Child Labour in the Tobacco Growing Sector in Africa

Report prepared for the IUF/ITGA/BAT Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, Nairobi 8-9th October 2000

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Protecting the vulnerable: Child labour in the tobacco growing sector in Africa

Chapter 2 Child labour in Ghana: “It is immoral and simply unacceptable”

Chapter 3 Children toil from dawn to evening: Child labourers in the tobacco growing sector in Kenya

Chapter 4 “Defending the vulnerable group” Child labour in the tobacco-growing sector in Malawi

Chapter 5 Child labour in Mozambique

Chapter 6 “Exploitation of the marginalised?” Child labourers in the tobacco growing sector in South Africa

Chapter 7 Children bear the brunt of poverty and unemployment: Child labour in the tobacco-growing sector in Tanzania

Chapter 8 Child labour in Uganda: “The underlying cause is poverty

Chapter 9 Child labour in Zambia

Chapter 10 Child labour in Zimbabwe: Children caught in poverty

Appendix 1 References
Appendix 2 ILO Conventions
Appendix 3 Child labour in SADC countries
Appendix 4 Ratifications of ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour by country (Source ILO 2000) (As per 31.07.99)
Appendix 5 Contact details for IUF and IUF-affiliates