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Lockdown fuels child labour in Zimbabwe

The East African Wednesday December 16 2020 Summary In the mining community, child labour has increased since the lockdown, with many children getting involved to try and earn income for their families, study shows. Advertisement Reduced economic activity brought about by the prolonged lockdown to slow down the spread of Covid-19 may be fuelling child labour in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines. Latest research by the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela), a vocal watchdog of the country s mining sector, shows an increase in the number of children being forced to work in informal gold mines. Primary school-going girls are also venturing into sex work in large numbers in the gold mining areas, Zela says.

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