The National Partners Forum (NPF) has been inaugurated to coordinate activities to combat child labour in the mining sector.
The forum is a high-level platform designed for stakeholders to convene, collaborate, and advocate for policy reforms and resource mobilisation in support of implementing the Child Labour Eradication Framework (CLEF) in Ghana.
The framework provides strategies and guidelines for eliminating child labour in the mining sector.
The Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6 Child Labour Report estimates that about 5,677 children are working in artisanal gold mines in hazardous and sometimes life threatening conditions.