Evaluation of actions to combat child exploitation

Studies carried out on the situation of children in Côte d'Ivoire show that many children are victims of violence and all kinds of abuse, mortgaging their future, their development and their physical and psychological health. Trafficking, exploitation and child labor figure prominently among the abuses identified. This issue has rightly become the focal point of the international and national community's fight to commit all States to "a future without child labor". In other words, the option for the effective abolition of children's participation in the labor market remains an imperative. The risks to which children are exposed on a daily basis in agriculture, trade, domestic service, transport, mining and many other sectors call for urgent and innovative action. For decades, programs to combat the phenomenon have been drawn up in agreement with governments, NGOs and international bodies. But the phenomenon persists. Hence the importance of evaluating these actions to measure their impact on the phenomenon.