Employment services or child trafficking?
Stella ogbuagu
Abia State university, Abia State
Professor ogbuagu is a Professor on contractor at Abia State University, Uluru, Abia State, Nigeria. She has been a member of ISPCAN for decades. Her educational background includes Diploma in Social Work from the University College of Swansea, South Wales, UK; B.Sc. First Class from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; M. A., Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S. A.; etc.
Work experience includes Social welfare work , UN Senior Officer as Gender, Population and development Specialist, University Professor of Sociology/ Demography. Her researches have centred on several issues including children, social services, street working children, gender, climate change, among other relevant and related topics. She has published several books and book chapters and journal articles on these and other topics. Professor Ogbuagu is a humane and thorough teacher and researcher as well as a firm, understanding and democratic leader. She is a good and experienced administrator and a true Christian.
Abstract
Objective To streamline legal frameworks for safeguarding and monitoring of the movement of children and young people into unspecified jobs and job locations as an interim measure and complete abolition of the practice as a... [ view full abstract ]
Objective
To streamline legal frameworks for safeguarding and monitoring of the movement of children and young people into unspecified jobs and job locations as an interim measure and complete abolition of the practice as a solution.
Methods: indepth case studies of 10 'trafficked' children/young people, personal interviews of two 'traffickers' (a male and a female) and five purchasers of the children/young people's' services. The sensitive nature of the subject matter required careful and well-organised approach hence the number involved in the study.
Results: generally in the Eastern part of Nigeria, the use of the services of house helps has been diminishing gradually. Contributory factors include but are not limited to the following factors: increased realisation of the need for education of children as the route to future success, the importance of female child education, growing realisation of the negative impacts of child labour on the child and society and rising costs of hiring house helps in the face of challenging economic circumstances.
Still the need for house helps persists given the non-availability of social services for old parents, inadequate baby care centres for young working mothers. This creates a gap which 'traffickers' fill by linkinug children and young people to those who require such services. Remunerations are agreed on by the contractor and the purchaser. The contractor receives about 17% of the agreed amount. There are no legal backings or monitoring to provide protections for the employed and no monitoring of the conditions under which they serve. More details will be provided in th main paper.
Conclusion: the ultimate aim is complete stoppage of the practice by government and law enforcement agencies. In the interim, legal guidelines for safeguarding the unlawfully employed children/young people should be provided.
Authors
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Stella ogbuagu
(Abia State university, Abia State)
Topic Area
Child Trafficking (CT)
Session
Daily » Poster Sessions (14:00 - Wednesday, 4th October, King Willem Alexander Foyer)
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