Casablanca Hosts Arab Conference on Child Labor

The Moroccan city of Casablanca hosts April 17-19 an Arab conference on child labor.

The event will be held under the theme "the phenomenon of child labor in Arab countries. between the constraints of reality and the challenges of globalization."

Among the 250 million 5-14 year-old working children in the world, some 12 millions are from the Arab states, director general of the Arab Labor Organization, Ibrahim Qouider said in a release circulated in Cairo on the eve of the conference.

The conference is initiated by the Cairo-based Arab Labor Organization (ALO) and several Moroccan ministerial departments.