Africa: ILO Buenos Aires Conference - Why the Silence of Children's Voices Is Deafening

opinion

Why are there no children participating in a conference convened to discuss their rights and needs?

As I scanned the programme for the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour starting today in Buenos Aires, I was struck by a glaring omission: the voices of children themselves.

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