2011 Child Labor Report

In 2011, Zambia made a minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The Government launched its Child Labor Policy and released its Labor Force Survey in 2011. However, data regarding child labor has yet to be released in a separate report. In addition, there continues to be a lack of enforcement of child labor laws and limited budgetary and human resources dedicated to eliminating the worst forms of child labor. The Government has yet to adopt into law the draft statute on hazardous forms of child labor. Education is not mandatory, leaving children under age 15, who cannot work legally, vulnerable to the worst forms of child labor. Children continue to work in dangerous conditions in agriculture and in mining. (The 2011 Child Labor Report for Zambia).