Child labour in Botswana

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	Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) - U.S. Department of Labor
		In 2000, the Government of Botswana signed a USD 4.5 million funding agreement with UNICEF to improve the situation of children in the country.
		The Government of Botswana has been implementing a 10-year National Program of Action for Children since 1997 that incorporates the 7 major global goals identified at the 1990 UN Summit for children.
		The Child Welfare and Juvenile Services Division at the Ministry of Local Government is the government agency that oversees the protection and welfare of children.
	www.dol.gov /ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/botswana.htm (918 words)

	Botswana - Southern Africa Multidisciplinary Advisory Team (ILO/SAMAT): Harare
		Botswana has ratified all eight core conventions and was one of the first ten countries to ratify the new convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour; C. The ILO, through SAMAT, has supported Botswana in her attempts to bring national labour laws into conformity with ratified conventions.
		Botswana was one of the poorest countries when she attained independence in 1966; with a GDP in current prices of P36.9 million (1966/67).
		Botswana is halfway through its five year development plan which was adopted in 1997, the main targets address issues related to poverty alleviation, job creation, a more equitable distribution of the country's wealth, more privatisation and reduced youth unemployment.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/region/afpro/mdtharare/country/botswana.htm (1137 words)

	Botswana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Botswana is in the process or formulating an Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, which is expected to be adopted in the period 2006-2007.
		Botswana joins the African consensus on most major international matters and is a member of international organisations such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations and the African Union (AU).
		Botswana is dominated by the Kalahari Desert, which covers up to 70% of the land surface of the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Botswana (1818 words)

	Never on our sideSocialist Worker29Mar03
		Labour's deputy leader Herbert Morrison said that to give African colonies independence would be "like giving a child of ten a latch-key, a bank account and a shotgun".
		Labour tried to prevent the marriage of Ruth Williams, a white woman, and Seretse Khama, who was soon to be leader of Bechuanaland (Botswana).
		The apartheid South African government was outraged at the idea of a "mixed race marriage at the heart of the empire", and Labour agreed.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php4?article_id=3494 (1818 words)

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