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Summary
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, countries around the globe had made remarkable progress in reducing child labor. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the number of children in child labor decreased by approximately 94 million between 2000 and 2016, representing a drop of 38 percent. But as the pandemic caused massive school closures and unprecedented loss of jobs and income for millions of families, many children have entered the workforce to help their families survive, while others have been forced to work longer hours or enter more precarious and exploitative situations. Some have become their families’ primary breadwinners after losing a caregiver to Covid-19. Some despair of ever going back to school.
Associate, Children s Rights and Gambia
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New York Office
The Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW) is seeking an Associate to provide administrative assistance to the team. The Children’s Rights Division focuses on issues affecting children around the world including child labor, armed conflict, education, migration, and juvenile justice. The Associate reports to the executive director of the Children’s Rights Division and will support other Children’s Rights Division staff located in multiple locations including outside the US. This position is based in New York. The position will also support the Campaign to bring to justice the exiled former president of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh (“#Jammeh2Justice”), and the Senior Counsel who leads this area of work.
Hugh Williamson
A Human Rights Watch expert recently spent days on WhatsApp contacting relatives of two Kurdish men in a remote village in southeast Turkey, who were abducted and later lynched by soldiers. “At first, when I reached them, the relatives didn’t trust me. It took many hours building an understanding with them,” the colleague told me.
One reason why this work was so hard: Covid-19.
2020 was a tough year worldwide for businesses and nongovernmental organizations, as they strived to keep operations running and support staff during the pandemic. The same is true for Human Rights Watch, where, similar to other NGOs, donations fell during the pandemic. With 490 staff spread across 50 countries, we research and expose human rights abuses, to persuade governments to protect rights.