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GHA-2009-M-111213
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Title_of_text
National Plan of Action Phase I (NPA1) for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Ghana (2009 – 2015).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ghana
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons
Adopted on (Date of text)
2009
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Objectives of NPA1 were to:
- Review, update and enforce the laws; Ensure social mobilization for the respect and protection of children’s rights;
- Ensure full implementation of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) Policy with priority attention to deprived communities;
- Improve access to post-primary education for children above 15 years;
- Make alternative education, including transitional education, available to out-of-school children in deprived areas and children withdrawn from the worst forms of child labour;
- Put in place clear institutional arrangements to identify, withdraw, rehabilitate and reintegrate children unconditionally from worst forms of child labour;
- Put in place measures to prevent and eliminate hazardous child labour; Empower deprived households and communities to overcome vulnerability to child exploitation;
- Progressively introduce new technologies and labour market reforms to reduce dependence on child labour;
- Provide adequate institutional, technical and organizational capacity to duty-bearing agencies at all levels;
- Enhance knowledge base.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2017 (GHA-2017-M-111212)
National Plan of Action Phase II (NPA2) for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Ghana (2017 – 2021).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
International Cocoa Initiative Foundation, Switzerland
URL
https://cocoainitiative.org/
File
GHA111213.pdf (PDF)