National child labour committees
The ILO Regional Child Labour Project has adopted a multisectoral approach to addressing child labour in the region. The Project is cognizant that the complex task of combating child labour can only be effectively addressed by involving a broad range of political, social and economic actors. As such, National Child Labour Committees have been established in five of the six countries of the project. The Committees comprise representatives of Ministries of Labour, the major social Ministries, inclusive of health, education, social welfare, youth, representatives of worker and employer organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
National Child Labour Committees
Committees have generally been established as sub-committees within the Ministry of Labour, except in the cases of Trinidad and Tobago where the Committee was set up as a Cabinet-appointed Committee and Belize where it is set up as a sub-committee of the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC). In some instances, the Committees are integrally linked to Committees already established to implement the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child. In these instances, there is closer collaboration on a more cohesive approach to child protection.
Each committee is developing a draft plan of action to combat and prevent child labour to recommend to its respective Government. In addition to their role as advisors to Government, National Child Labour Committees in Trinidad and Tobago, Belize and Guyana also provide support to NGOs that are implementing pilot rehabilitative programmes funded by the project.
CHAIRPERSONS - NATIONAL COMMITTEES
Bahamas
Mr. Harcourt Brown, Director of Labour Relations, Ministry of Labour and Immigration
Barbados
Ms. Shelley Carrington, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security
Belize
Mr. Paul Williams, Labour Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government and Labour
Guyana
Mrs. Varshnie Jagdeo, First Lady of Guyana
Jamaica
Ms. Jennifer Edwards
Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Shanmatee Singh, Director of Research and Planning (Ag.), Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development
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The ILO Regional Child Labour Project has adopted a multisectoral approach to addressing child labour in the region. The Project is cognizant that the complex task of combating child labour can only be effectively addressed by involving a broad range of political, social and economic actors. As such, National Child Labour Committees have been established in five of the six countries of the project. The Committees comprise representatives of Ministries of Labour, the major social Ministries, inclusive of health, education, social welfare, youth, representatives of worker and employer organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
National Child Labour Committees
Committees have generally been established as sub-committees within the Ministry of Labour, except in the cases of Trinidad and Tobago where the Committee was set up as a Cabinet-appointed Committee and Belize where it is set up as a sub-committee of the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC). In some instances, the Committees are integrally linked to Committees already established to implement the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child. In these instances, there is closer collaboration on a more cohesive approach to child protection.
Each committee is developing a draft plan of action to combat and prevent child labour to recommend to its respective Government. In addition to their role as advisors to Government, National Child Labour Committees in Trinidad and Tobago, Belize and Guyana also provide support to NGOs that are implementing pilot rehabilitative programmes funded by the project.
CHAIRPERSONS - NATIONAL COMMITTEES
Bahamas
Mr. Harcourt Brown, Director of Labour Relations, Ministry of Labour and Immigration
Barbados
Ms. Shelley Carrington, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security
Belize
Mr. Paul Williams, Labour Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government and Labour
Guyana
Mrs. Varshnie Jagdeo, First Lady of Guyana
Jamaica
Ms. Jennifer Edwards
Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Shanmatee Singh, Director of Research and Planning (Ag.), Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development
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