Mélanie Jacquemin is a research fellow in sociology at the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD, France). Over the past 20 years, her research has focused on working children in West African cities, exploring the intersecting links between mobility patterns, gender and kinship relations, and the relationship between school, education and work.
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Publicado no/na: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureA escola é a solução para o trabalho infantil? Nem semprePergunte às crianças da África Ocidental por que trabalham e muitas dirão: 'Para ter uma educação'. Isso deveria...
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Publicado no/na: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureIs school the solution to child labour? Not everywhere, and not for all children
Ask children in West Africa why they work, and many will say ‘to get an education’. That should make you pause.