Malawi, using the International Programme for the Elimination of all forms of Child Labor (IPEC), has embarked on establishing a national database aimed at keeping records on the impact of child labour in the country, APA learnt here on Wednesday.
The database will, among other things, keep records on how many children have been rescued from related child labour problems in various areas, the number of children involved and their re-employment. The database will also be linked to other national databases.
The UN International Labour Organisation’s Malawi coordinator, Chimwenje Simwaka, told APA on Wednesday that the introduction of the database would help in setting up a working relationship between various donor institutions towards the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in the country.
“It would enable government achieve its goal for total elimination of all forms of child labour in the country,” he noted, adding that it would help government and other stakeholders to store child labour data captured from youth, child labour community monitors as well as labour inspectors across the nation.
According to Deputy Secretary for Labour, Eunice Chipangula, the database will act as a base line information that would assist government in coming up with the right policies and strategies, in implementing, monitoring and evaluating child labour projects from a well informed point of view.
"The database will also help those involved in child labour issues to have a better understanding and be able to reason if proper and update information is provided so that the battle against exploitation of children is fought properly," she added.
Wednesday 24 September 2008
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