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Foreigners have noticed the child labor in Africa. They have noticed that it is the worst in any other part of the world, due to the seriousness of their poverty, and they want to help. Child labor will attract more international aid or alliances to help stop the problem. The Zambian government has teamed up with the ILO to help put an end to child labors and trafficking. The ILO will be studying child labor and trafficking in search of an answer to stop it; this study is funded by the European Commission. This situation may become one where if the ILO needs something it’s going to go to the Zambian government for help or support. Like an “I scratch your back, you scratch mine” kind of situation. Causing the government to make a political decision and either spend their time and or money to help, or reject them and get political criticism. The situation with Malawi isn’t quite like that of Zambia’s however. Malawi already ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is supposed to raise awareness of the issue so something can be done about it. However the country has done nothing about the issue, and the political situation here is getting pressured from other governments of associations that want something to be done. (AllAfrica). (AfricaNews).
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Child labors started up a new business, not only in Zambia and Malawi, but globally as well. That new business is, child trafficking. Child trafficking started shortly after child labors did. People who engage themselves in this obviously thought that since children were working anyway; why not take them here, what’s the difference? Child trafficking is a very serious issue in Zambia and Malawi. Children are taken from their homes, their families and are forced to work as practically slaves. “When they get there, they are exploited and are also defiled and sexually abused since they have nowhere to report and look up to the people who do all sorts of evil things to them for help,"(AfricanNews). However, child labors have made some sort of positive effect on the economy. It’s because of children that a lot of jobs are done. It’s because of them that, that mineral is mined, that crop is picked, that stone is broken, etc. It’s because of them that the country has what they have, that they can offer to the rest of the world. (AfricanNews).
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Since child labors keep the children from getting the proper education they need its going to stunt the development of the country. They will be going into adulthood practically disabled. Most probably don’t have the experiences that kids normally get in school, and they also lack the education. Being illiterate is no way to start off helping to lead a country into the next era. (AfricaNews).
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=__Resolutions__=

1. Something that Zambia and Malawi both need is to cut ties with the International Momentary Fund (IMF). Due to the fact that it has caused most of the developing nations into debt, and eventually poverty. The conditions of the IMF are practically making the countries lower their standards of living so they can export more, so to pay off their debt. Which may seem like a good idea at first, but because of the focus on trade, governments are forced to spend less on education, health, and development(Global Issues). So since the government isn’t really doing their job, provide for the people, the people are forced to do it by themselves, and with all of the different tribes and views on things, conflicts happen. Then that’s when issues like genocide, child labor, and civil wars happen. Then because of all of the issues and conflicts thriving in the countries and overall continent, the governments rely on foreign aid which puts them more in debt. It’s a vicious cycle, and if Zambia and Malawi want to take steps to really getting out of debt, then they should drop IMF, because it’s doing nothing but making the situation so much worse than it has to be. 2. Another thing that I feel Zambia and Malawi should do is set up laws that define child labors. They need to find the border line from skill building and just plain dangerous. Once that border line is found and identified then they can focus on how to stop it. They can stop it by setting up laws against it for one. Two they can make ways of teaching their police forces to know how to spot child labor, and what to do about it. They should also set up places where orphans who are being forced to work, can go, pretty much like an orphanage, but their not up for adoption. It’s just so they won’t have to live in the streets and have that possibility of being taken to a plantation to work. 3. The governments also need to enforce more laws about child rights. From the way these kids are being treated, it’s obvious that they don’t have much say in what they want. It’s more like what their parents, or owners want. These kids need to know that they have rights that they can say no, and not have to be put through something like this. They need to know that they are the future of the country, once their parents die off, they’re the ones that are going to be left. They need to know their importance in the development of a new era, of a civilization where things like this won’t happen. Children are suffering from this, physically and mentally. The government needs to take responsibility for their people, and act like a government.