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Ethiopia

SDG indicator 8.7.1 Proportion of children engaged in economic activity
With household chores - age 5-14 (2015) Without household chores - age 5-14 (2015)
Total 40.5 % 45 %
Female 32.1 % 38.9 %
Male 48.3 % 50.6 %
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
14.10%
Before age 15 (2016)
40.30%
Before age 18 (2016)
Latest ratifications - View all
C100
24 Mar 1999
Ratified
C138
27 May 1999
Ratified
C029
02 Sep 2003
Ratified
SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population
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SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude and slavery, per 100,000 population
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Sources: UN SDG & ILO Normlex

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Priorities

  • Establish an inter-regional joint forum.
     
  • Strengthen the legal system and law enforcement.
     
  • Inclusion of migration in school curriculum.
     
  • Demarcation of mandates within the government.

Progress

  • Child labour issues are now coordinated and monitored under the Ministry of Labour and Skills (MOLS). The ministry incorporated the elimination of child labour in 10-year perspective plans at all levels, with a focus on the agriculture sector, and signed a memorandum of understanding with 15 ministers and government organs to enhance skill development through various education systems.  
     
  • The National Children Protection and Policy Advocacy Coalition was established to combat child labour through policy and socio-economic approaches.  
     
  • Training and Awareness creation programs were conducted for 362 schoolteachers and students, 307 local community and civil society representatives, and 3439 officials. An assessment was conducted by the Southern regional government, identifying child labour in 316 industry and business entities, involving 243 children.  
     
  • Law enforcement efforts were made to protect child labour conducted at federal, regional, and local levels, supervising 18,348 industries, companies, and businesses.  
     
  • Rehabilitation of 70 children engaged in child labour in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region.  
     
  • Collaboration with partners for the promotion of survival, sustainable livelihoods, and the prevention of child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking. Distribution of 7.9 billion ETB for financing startup and existing micro, small, and medium enterprises.

International Instruments

Area Ilo Instrument Status Ratification date CEACR comments
Child Labour
C138
Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973)
In Force 27 May 1999
Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
C182
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
In Force 02 Sep 2003
Child Labour, Modern Slavery
C029
Forced Labour Convention (1930)
In Force 02 Sep 2003
Forced Labour, Modern Slavery
C105
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957)
In Force 24 Mar 1999
Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
C181
Private Employment Agencies Convention (1997)
In Force 24 Mar 1999
Freedom of Association
C087
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948)
In Force 04 Jun 1963
Freedom of Association
C098
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949)
In Force 04 Jun 1963
Discrimination
C100
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
In Force 24 Mar 1999
Discrimination
C111
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958)
In Force 11 Jun 1966
Occupational Safety and Health
C155
Occupational Safety and Health Convention (1981)
In Force 28 Jan 1991
Sources: ILO Normlex & UN Treaty Collection

Milestones

2019

The new Labour Proclamation No.1156/2019 increased the minimum age for admission to employment of young children from 14 to 15 years, prohibiting to employ a person less than 15 years of age.

2012

Ethiopia ratifies the Palermo Protocol on Trafficking in Persons. The country commits to taking measures against transnational organized crime.

2003

Ethiopia ratifies the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

2002

Ethiopia ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Wefare of the Child.

2001

The first national child labour survey was conducted by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA). The second one took place in 2015.

Ethiopia - National Strategic Planning Workshop Report
Ethiopia Strategic Workshop Report