Union Highlights Child Labor and Education

The General Union of Egyptian Trade Unions discussed, in a national meeting, efforts to combat child labor, affirming that the issue relates to education, social protection, family, and human rights. It requires an integrated system that includes social protection, awareness-raising, oversight, early intervention, and a legal framework. According to legislation, the national monitoring and management system is a fundamental step to enhance protection, with an emphasis on transforming monitoring into effective intervention that ensures children return to education and are protected from hazardous working conditions. It also highlighted the importance of cooperation between the government, employers, trade unions, and civil society to achieve these goals, fully supporting national efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor and ensure children’s continued education and the protection of families from being forced into child labor.

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