A Bitter Harvest: Child Labor and Human Rights Abuses on Tobacco Farms in Zimbabwe

Publisher:
HRW
Publication Date:
5 April 2018
Tags:
Zimbabwe, Agribusiness, Human Rights

This report-based on extensive field research and interviews with 64 small-scale tobacco farmers like Panashe, as well as 61 hired workers on tobacco farms in the largest tobacco-growing provinces in Zimbabwe-found several serious human rights problems in the tobacco sector. Many children under 18 work in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms in Zimbabwe, often performing tasks that threaten their health and safety or interfere with their education.

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