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Malawi

SDG indicator 8.7.1 Proportion of children engaged in economic activity
With household chores - age 5-17 (2020) Without household chores - age 5-17 (2020)
Total 10 % 14 %
Female 8 % 13.9 %
Male 11.9 % 14.1 %
SDG indicator 5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20 - 24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
7.50%
Before age 15 (2020)
37.70%
Before age 18 (2020)
Latest ratifications - View all
C111
22 Mar 1965
Ratified
C087
19 Nov 1999
Ratified
C187
07 Nov 2019
Ratified
SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population
2008
2009
2010
2011
0.62
2012
0.74
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
0.08
2020
1
2021
0.71
2022
SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude and slavery, per 100,000 population
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Sources: UN SDG & ILO Normlex

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Priorities

  • Review and institutionalize the legal and policy framework
  • Strengthen and improve enforcement of policy and legal framework
  • Strengthen and improve capacity building 
  • Provision of services to fight against forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour
  • Strengthen access to quality education
  • Ensure and extend social protection and promote economic empowerment
  • Intensify advocacy and awareness raising
  • Increase coordination
  • Strengthen data collection and monitoring and reporting

International Instruments

Área Ilo Instrument Estado Ratification date CEACR comments
Child Labour
C138
Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973)
In Force 19 Nov 1999
Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
C182
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
In Force 19 Nov 1999
Child Labour, Modern Slavery
C029
Forced Labour Convention (1930)
In Force 19 Nov 1999
Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
P029
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention (1930)
In Force 07 Nov 2019
Forced Labour, Modern Slavery
C105
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957)
In Force 19 Nov 1999
Freedom of Association
C087
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948)
In Force 19 Nov 1999
Freedom of Association
C098
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949)
In Force 22 Mar 1965
Discrimination
C100
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
In Force 22 Mar 1965
Discrimination
C111
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958)
In Force 22 Mar 1965
Occupational Safety and Health
C155
Occupational Safety and Health Convention (1981)
In Force 07 Nov 2019
Occupational Safety and Health
C187
Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention (2006)
In Force 07 Nov 2019
Sources: ILO Normlex & UN Treaty Collection
RESOURCES
ALLIANCE 8.7 ROADMAP-MALAWI
ROADMAP-MALAWI