Country | Namibia |
Year | 2014 |
Type of Measure | Violence against women > Constitutional provision |
Form of Violence | Violence against women and girls |
Article 15 of the Constitution of the Republic of Nambia adopted in 1990, and amended in 2014, includes the following provisions:
(2) Children are entitled to be protected from economic exploitation and shall not be employed in or required to perform work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with their education, or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. For the purposes of this Sub-Article children shall be persons under the age of sixteen (16) years.
(4) Any arrangement or scheme employed on any farm or other undertaking, the object or effect of which is to compel the minor children of an employee to work for or in the interest of the employer of such employee, shall for the purposes of Article 9 hereof be deemed to constitute an arrangement or scheme to compel the performance of forced labour.
Constitution of The Republic of Namibia 1990 (amended in 2014), UN Women Constitutional Database
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