Moroccan government determined to fight children exploitation in work places
Morocco, Culture, 12/20/2003

The Moroccan government is determined to fight all forms of children exploitation in work places through implementing germane laws, handicraft and social economy minister, M'Hamed El Khalifa, pledged in Rabat on Thursday.

During a meeting dedicated to a major program of protection of children working in handicraft in Fez (East of Rabat), El Khalifa said that this commitment stems from conventions signed by Morocco fixing minimum working age and the new labor code.

In order to fight the phenomenon, the handicraft department has elaborated a program based on a training scheme, drawn in collaboration with handicraft chambers and the state secretariat in charge of professional training. The scheme has benefited over 6700 trainees.

The minister recalled the convention signed between his department and the national education and youth department, on providing children working in handicraft with informal education and reintegrating them in the educational system.

The program also surveyed the work of children protection centers, launched by Princess Lalla Meryem in 2000, in partnership with UNICEF and governmental sectors.

The centers aim at providing children working in the sector with health, education and leisure services in work places, El Khalifa added.

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