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Safeguarding the health and safety of children in agriculture
Préserver la santé et la sécurité des enfants en agriculture
Webinar 2023
Webinaire 2023
Published on Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Abstract
Worldwide, agriculture is among the most dangerous industries and one of the few that consistently involves children. Whether children are working or merly present in the farm worksite, they are exposed to a wide array of agricultural-related hazards which results in these children experiencing high rates of injuries and fatalities compared to children in the general population. Understanding and addressing children health and safety issues in agriculture is important from a public health and child advocacy perspective. Safeguarding children in agriculture also connects back to the social and economic sustainability of farm labor systems.This webinar invites to shed light on the health and safety of children in agriculture in Northern and Southern countries with an emphasis on family farm systems and to support the development of a network of scholars and practitioners working on these topics.
Announcement
Presentation
This webinar is organized jointly by The International Association on Work in Agriculture (IAWA) and the National Children’s Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) out of the United States.
Leveraging a recent special issue in Frontiers in Public Health, the IAWA association and the National Children’s Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) out of the United States, invites to shed light on the health and safety of children in agriculture in Northern and Southern countries with an emphasis on family farm systems and to support the development of a network of scholars and practitioners working on these topics.
Worldwide, agriculture is among the most dangerous industries and one of the few that consistently involves children. Whether children are working or merly present in the farm worksite, they are exposed to a wide array of agricultural-related hazards which results in these children experiencing high rates of injuries and fatalities compared to children in the general population. Understanding and addressing children health and safety issues in agriculture is important from a public health and child advocacy perspective. Safeguarding children in agriculture also connects back to the social and economic sustainability of farm labor systems. While there are variations across countries, the reasons why children are involved in agriculture tend to connect back to economic necessities, access to support systems, and social reproduction of farm enterprises with implications on quality of life and work decency. Farm injuries and fatalities also have wide social and economic consequences on children, the household and farm business including disability, death, family disruptions, and economic hardships.As much as international organizations such as the International Labor Organization have pointed to the need to address health and safety issues impacting children in agriculture, there are no concerted efforts internationally. At the country level, responses from the agricultural, scientific, and policy-making communities have occurred along a spectrum from no considerations to the development of national action plans. Leveraging a recent special issue in Frontiers in Public Health, the goal of this interactive webinar is twofold:
- shed light on the health and safety of children in agriculture in Northern and Southern countries with an emphasis on family farm systems
- and support the development of a network of scholars and practitioners working on these topics.
Programme
November 14th 2023 2 pm – 4.30 pm. CET
IAWA welcome and introduction by Nathalie Hostiou (French National Research Institute for Food, Agriculture and Environment)
General overview children health and safety in agriculture by Barbara Lee (National Children’s Center for Agricultural Health and Safety – USA) International experiences and perspectives in children agricultural health and safety.
Roundtable moderated by Florence Becot (National Children’s Center for Agricultural Health and Safety – USA)
- Argentina: Marcos Grigioni (Independent researcher)
- Australia: Richard Franklin (James Cook University)
- Burkina Faso: Eugenie Maiga (University Norbert Zongo)
- Sweden: Peter Lundqvist (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
- United States: Barbara Lee (National Children’s Center for Agricultural Health and Safety – USA)
Interactive discussion among webinar attendees
Webinar wrap-up and moving forward with panel participants and webinar organizers
Registration
Please register on the website.
Subjects
- Modern (Main category)
- Society > Sociology > Sociology of work
- Society > Sociology > Gender studies
- Society > Economics > Labour, employment
- Society > Sociology > Sociology of health
Event attendance modalities
Full online event
Date(s)
- Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Keywords
- work, labour, health, safety, agriculture, IAWA, webinar,
Contact(s)
- Isabelle Avelange
courriel : isabelle [dot] avelange [at] inrae [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Isabelle Avelange
courriel : isabelle [dot] avelange [at] inrae [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Safeguarding the health and safety of children in agriculture », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, https://doi.org/10.58079/1by1
