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international conventions forbidding child labour.

1.1M

children working in agriculture and fisheries. 

 

10%

of the fishery labour force in the Philippines, Bangladesh, El Savador and Ghana are children.

 

 

Children should not be exploited, enslaved or abused.

There are no accurate statistics on the number of children working at sea, but some estimates state that as many as 10 million children may be affected.

Child labour can deprive children of their childhood, education and dignity. It can be harmful to their emotional and physical development. It is often exploitative and dangerous.

We want to see an end to child labour, exploitation and abuse at sea. 

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How are we helping?

We highlight the issue of child labour at sea and bring public and policymaker attention to its prevalence and impact.

We engage with supply chain leaders to understand what they are doing to eradicate child labour from their supply chains, and we work with them to improve their standards and practices.

We highlight companies and individuals who use child labour through investigative work.

We engage with States who are not doing enough to detect, prosecute, and prevent child labour at sea.

We highlight best practice in child labour prevention and detection at sea.

We support victims of child labour to obtain justice.

We support specialist NGOs and CSOs working to tackle child labour at sea.

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