Roundup: Uganda strives to eliminate child labor worsened by COVID-19 pandemic


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KAMPALA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- As the world commemorated the World Day Against Child Labor, Uganda said it is making effort to eliminate the vice, which has been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Uganda National Household Survey 2019/2020 shows that child labor increased to 36 percent up from 21 percent. When government reopened schools in January this year after about two years of closure because of the pandemic, one in 10 school children did not report back to school, according to figures by the United Nations Children's Fund. Many are believed to have slipped into child labor. Children...