Child labor persists as a critical issue in Sierra Leone's diamond mining sector, where minors endure hazardous conditions contrary to international labor standards. This article delves into the complexities surrounding child labor in Sierra Leone's diamond mines, focusing on the discord between local legislation and international regulations aimed at safeguarding children's rights. Sierra Leone's rich diamond reserves attract significant investment, yet the industry is marred by the exploitation of vulnerable populations, particularly children. Despite domestic laws prohibiting child labor, enforcement remains weak, and regulatory frameworks often fall short of international standards. This disconnect exacerbates the plight of children engaged in hazardous mining activities, exposing them to physical dangers and health risks and denying them access to education and a dignified childhood. The juxtaposition of Sierra Leone's local laws with international conventions, such as the International Labour Organization's Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor (Convention No. 182) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), highlights the urgent need for harmonization and effective enforcement mechanisms. While international treaties advocate for the elimination of child labor in all its forms, including mining, implementation at the national level needs to be more cohesive and adequate. Addressing the root causes of child labor in Sierra Leone's diamond mines necessitates a multifaceted approach. Strengthening legal frameworks, enhancing monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, and investing in education and alternative livelihoods are imperative steps towards eradicating this entrenched issue. Moreover, fostering collaboration between local authorities, industry stakeholders, and international organizations is indispensable for effecting sustainable change and protecting children's rights in Sierra Leone's diamond mining sector. Author(s) Details Emmanuel Allicious Macpherson Sam Jengo, Sam & Partners Law Firm, Sierra Leone. Please see the link:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v2/1093

 

Child labor persists as a critical issue in Sierra Leone's diamond mining sector, where minors endure hazardous conditions contrary to international labor standards. This article delves into the complexities surrounding child labor in Sierra Leone's diamond mines, focusing on the discord between local legislation and international regulations aimed at safeguarding children's rights. Sierra Leone's rich diamond reserves attract significant investment, yet the industry is marred by the exploitation of vulnerable populations, particularly children. Despite domestic laws prohibiting child labor, enforcement remains weak, and regulatory frameworks often fall short of international standards. This disconnect exacerbates the plight of children engaged in hazardous mining activities, exposing them to physical dangers and health risks and denying them access to education and a dignified childhood. The juxtaposition of Sierra Leone's local laws with international conventions, such as the International Labour Organization's Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor (Convention No. 182) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), highlights the urgent need for harmonization and effective enforcement mechanisms. While international treaties advocate for the elimination of child labor in all its forms, including mining, implementation at the national level needs to be more cohesive and adequate. Addressing the root causes of child labor in Sierra Leone's diamond mines necessitates a multifaceted approach. Strengthening legal frameworks, enhancing monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, and investing in education and alternative livelihoods are imperative steps towards eradicating this entrenched issue. Moreover, fostering collaboration between local authorities, industry stakeholders, and international organizations is indispensable for effecting sustainable change and protecting children's rights in Sierra Leone's diamond mining sector.

 

 

Author(s) Details

Emmanuel Allicious Macpherson Sam

Jengo, Sam & Partners Law Firm, Sierra Leone.

 

Please see the link:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v2/1093

The Performance of the Health Care System in Yemen before and after the War | Chapter 9 | Recent Progress in Science and Technology Vol. 8

 This paper inquires to assess the conduct of the healthcare system in Yemen pre- and during-conflict 2010-2020 and to try the impact of the conflict on the healthcare system efficiency during the ending 2015-2020. Yemen's prolonged war has ravaged allure energy plan. Fighting, underfunding, and diesel shortages have wreaked havoc on the country with its own government's underdeveloped capacity grid and abandoned communities and cities outside electricity Yemen is an architectural finish one of calamity humanitarian crises in the world on account of the ongoing conflict that has started in 2013. A literature review from 2010 to 2020 of the evidence stated by international and local organizations in addition to in published and classified articles and reports. The study used the Building Blocks foundation developed for one WHO (2007; 2009) (hereafter WHO-BB). According to the findings before the war, Yemen's healthcare scheme was plagued by governance issues and dishonesty, a significant capital gap in the healthcare area, an uneven distribution of healthcare peasants, lax drug regulations, and incompetent health information. Additionally, the belongings of war on the healthcare system were destructive. Yemen's healthcare system is ineffective and loose. The government needs to rearrange the domestic healthcare manufacturing with the assistance of global fitness organisations in order to resolve this question.

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Ahlam Esmail Alnaqeb,
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, School of Economics, Administration and Public Policies, Qatar.

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Trips and Readings from the Split House: Melville, Stone, Moby Dick, and Platoon | Chapter 8 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 9

In this essay, Oliver Stone's film Platoon is compared to Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick as stories in which two protagonists, Chris and Ishmael, leave their homeland on a perilous voyage. Ishmael joins the whaling Pequod, seeking whales in the world's oceans, while Chris goes to combat in the Vietnam woods. The conflicts of their split homeland, the United States of America, are present in both storylines. Platoon depicts the daily battle of a small unit in a military film where fighting sequences are central. Multi-ethnic troops conducting search and destroy operations reflect socioeconomic tensions in the US. Platoon is on the lookout for a tenacious and defiant foe of American science and military might. The novel Moby Dick is a metaphorical depiction of a divided America and Captain Ahab, who is obsessed with avenging himself on the White Whale. Platoon and Pequod are destroyed by American policy in Vietnam, much like Moby Dick. Using Michel Onfray as a guide, we view both stories as journeys that begin in a library and whose heroes imitate the Greek Achilles' gesture of fleeing a comfortable home life for the dangers of the world on their way to immortality. Whether in Pequod or Platoon, our heroes take the risk of eventually maturing with the help of a metaphorical family of brothers. Ahab and Barnes, their symbolic parents, are castrating, tyrannical, and oppressive. The heroes' complete independence occurs when they meet and eliminate their symbolic parents, bringing an end to their round trip back to the home from which they had set out.

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Jose Mauricio Saldanha-Alvarez
Cultural Studies and Media Department, Federal Fluminense University, Brazil.

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