{"id":20642,"date":"2024-06-18T16:43:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20642"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:44:46","slug":"minister-warns-against-child-labour-on-world-day-against-child-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-warns-against-child-labour-on-world-day-against-child-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Warns Against Child Labour on World Day Against Child Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Marking the World Day Against Child Labour, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, the Minister of Human Services and Social Security, delivered a strong message against the exploitation of children, emphasizing their rightful place outside the workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister\u2019s remarks were made during a march organized by the Labour Ministry to support the global effort to end child labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Persaud underscored the gravity of the issue, stressing that combatting child labour is not solely the responsibility of authorities but also requires active participation from businesses and commercial entities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She warned that employers must refrain from exploiting children, emphasizing that legal consequences await those who fail to comply with regulations, irrespective of their awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the importance of collective action, Dr. Persaud called upon individuals across various capacities to educate employers and community members about the detrimental impacts of child labour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She urged everyone to unite in this movement to protect vulnerable children and ensure their well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister\u2019s impassioned plea comes amidst ongoing efforts by the government and stakeholders to eradicate child labour nationwide, aiming to create a safe and nurturing environment for Guyana\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Nakasia Logan for NCN News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the World Day Against Child Labour, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, the Minister of Human Services and Social Security, delivered a strong message against the exploitation of children, emphasizing their rightful&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20644,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20642\/revisions\/20644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}