Ministry of Employment and Human Resource Planning

Press Release

Date: 13th February, 2026

Minister Idith Alexander attends Global Conference on Elimination of Child Labour

 

The Minister for Employment and Human Resource Planning, Ms. Idith Alexander, is leading a delegation at the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, being held in Marrakech, Morocco from 11th to 13th February, 2026.

The conference brings together representatives of governments, employers' and workers' organisations from the 187 ILO member states, as well civil society, regional and international organisations, the private sector, youth group actors and academia.

It aims to encourage participants to discuss the scourge of child labour, share national and regional experiences, identify plausible solutions, and agree on urgent and concrete actions to be undertaken to eliminate child labour globally.

Over the 3 day conference, aside from plenary sessions, there is also an Innovation Fair which provides participants via smaller, workshop-style sessions the opportunity to engage on topics of interest such as hazardous work for children and youth, post 2030 child labour target setting, investing in change: leveraging investments and the role of international financial institutions to end child labour in agriculture, amongst other topics.

As of January 2026, Seychelles, does not have any recorded cases of child labour. This is due to the fact that there are mechanisms in place and laws have been enacted that prohibit and punish child exploitation. The country has ratified the Abolition of Force Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105); the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182); and the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138).

The Ministry's participation at the Global Conference offers the opportunity to be apprised of the experiences of various countries, mechanisms used to identify and detect under reported cases of child labour exploitation and best practices employed to address the issue of child labour.

The other members of the Seychelles delegation are Principal Secretary for Labour Relations and Regulations, Mr. Steve Monnaie and the Senior Employment Officer, Ms. Pharisianne Lucas.