On the World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June, the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of the University of Algarve, the Algarve Sea Science Center (CCMAR) and the João de Deus School Group (Faro) will join the International Labor Organization and the United Nations (UN) to, through Alliance 8.7, promote the #EndChildLabour2021 initiative in the Algarve.
The initiative aims to raise awareness among the population and the student community about the problem of dropping out of school and integrating young people under 18 in the Algarve into the labor market. Regional and national partnerships will thus be implemented to mitigate this problem and end child labor in the region.
«The Algarve is one of the regions with the highest dropout rates in the country, especially between 15 and 17 years old, and the integration of these young people into the regional labor market is strongly conditioned by the seasonal nature of the regional economy based on tourism» , says the CCMAR.
This regional context "significantly increases the risk of dropping out of school for young people in families most affected and with less economic resilience, as well as the possibility of being exploited in precarious work and without any labor protection", he adds.
The #EndChildLabour2021 initiative will kick off in the Algarve with a network of partners who are committed to «promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all» so that, by 2025 (and in line with the Goal Sustainable 8 of the UN 2030 agenda), if it manages to end child labor, in all its forms, in the region.
This network of partners includes, in this first phase, the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Algarve, the Center for Marine Sciences of the Algarve (CCMAR) and the João de Deus School Group (Faro), but intends to host more entities and establish more partnerships in the region.
The latest World Labor Organization and UNICEF report on child labor may be consulted here.
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