Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI)’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Mr. Shafiqullah Atayee, International Labor Organization (ILO)’s Senior Representative Mr. Muhammad Ramin Behzad, Deputies of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Mr. Ghulam Haidar Jailane, and Mr. Muhammad Ajmal Shapoor, and president of the Labor Association Mr. Abdul Maroof Qadari attended the Asia Regional Child Labor Program (ARC)’s conference in Kabul.
Mr. Atayee said, “Poverty, insecurity, lack of education, addiction to narcotics, and the lack of child support packages from the government side are the main reasons of child labor in Afghanistan.”
He, furthermore, said that ACCI has always shared its child protection policies with its members and stakeholders.
Mr. Atayee added that if financial and technical obstacles are removed, the strategy of removing child labor from Afghanistan is more likely to be implemented and the commitment and promises of the government of Afghanistan, International Community, Employers, and Employment Organizations make us more optimistic in regards to removing child labor from Afghanistan.
According to UNICEF and Ministry of Education statistics, 3.7 million children were deprived of school last year and 80% of them became laborers. During the ILO’s conference organized in Argentina in 2018, the government of Afghanistan promised to remove child labor in Afghanistan until 2025.
ACCI’s Acting Chief Executive Officer attended the Asia Regional Child Labor Program (ARC)’s conference in Kabul
