{"id":42975,"date":"2017-10-31T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/fr\/?p=42975"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:18:30","slug":"liberer-kenya-travail-enfants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/fr\/liberer-kenya-travail-enfants\/","title":{"rendered":"Lib\u00e9rer le Kenya du travail des enfants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ea7600;\">En d\u00e9pit de la ratification de trait\u00e9s et de la promulgation de lois strictes pour combattre le travail des enfants au Kenya, de nombreux probl\u00e8mes subsistent encore qui emp\u00eachent un grand nombre d\u2019enfants k\u00e9nyans de jouir pleinement de leurs droits. Malgr\u00e9 les actions entreprises par diff\u00e9rents individus et groupes d\u2019individus, le travail des enfants reste tr\u00e8s r\u00e9pandu, notamment \u00e0 cause de l\u00e9gislations insuffisantes et de certains facteurs sociaux qui font que les familles n\u2019ont bien souvent pas d\u2019autre choix que d\u2019envoyer leurs enfants travailler.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Mais qu\u2019est-ce qu\u2019un enfant, au juste, dans le contexte du Kenya ?<\/h3>\n<p>La loi sur l\u2019emploi de 2007 (Employment Act of 2007) d\u00e9finit comme enfant \u00ab toute personne n\u2019ayant pas encore atteint l\u2019\u00e2ge de dix-huit ans \u00bb et vise aussi \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les mineurs des pires formes que peut rev\u00eatir le travail des enfants (indicateur salarial \u2013 My Wage Kenya, 2017). Toutefois, elle stipule \u00e9galement que les jeunes \u00e2g\u00e9s de treize ans et plus peuvent \u00eatre employ\u00e9s \u00e0 des t\u00e2ches l\u00e9g\u00e8res, sans pour autant pr\u00e9ciser ce qui est entendu par \u00ab t\u00e2ches l\u00e9g\u00e8res \u00bb. Ceci conduit bien souvent \u00e0 l\u2019exploitation de mineurs par leurs employeurs car ce sont ces derniers qui d\u00e9cident si telle t\u00e2che confi\u00e9e \u00e0 un enfant comporte ou non des dangers. Ce sont \u00e9galement les employeurs qui d\u00e9terminent les conditions d\u2019emploi, notamment les salaires.<\/p>\n<p>Selon un rapport du D\u00e9partement am\u00e9ricain du travail (US Department of Labor), les enfants k\u00e9nyans sont tout particuli\u00e8rement expos\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019exploitation \u00e9conomique et sexuelle parce que le Kenya n\u2019a pas encore ratifi\u00e9 le Protocole facultatif \u00e0 la Convention relative aux droits de l\u2019enfant, concernant la vente d\u2019enfants, la prostitution des enfants et la pornographie mettant en sc\u00e8ne des enfants (UN CRC Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography). Il ressort \u00e9galement de ce rapport qu\u2019il n\u2019existe pas d\u2019\u00e2ge d\u2019instruction obligatoire au Kenya, ce qui fait que certains parents n\u2019envoient pas leurs enfants \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole tant que cela ne leur para\u00eet pas n\u00e9cessaire.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019autres enfants ont un retard de scolarisation parce qu\u2019ils sont oblig\u00e9s de travailler (Site internet du D\u00e9partement am\u00e9ricain du travail).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Quels sont les facteurs qui font obstacle \u00e0 la lutte contre le travail des enfants ?<\/h3>\n<p>e Kenya a fait des progr\u00e8s consid\u00e9rables en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9veloppement et de lutte contre la pauvret\u00e9. Cependant, il lui reste encore de nombreux d\u00e9fis \u00e0 relever s\u2019il veut totalement r\u00e9soudre le travail des mineurs qui concerne toujours un grand nombre d\u2019enfants dans le pays. L\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire, la pauvret\u00e9, ainsi qu\u2019une mauvaise application des lois sur le travail ne font que compliquer la situation. Selon Werner Schultink, repr\u00e9sentant de l\u2019UNICEF au Kenya, les enfants vivant dans certaines r\u00e9gions du nord du pays souffrent de graves carences alimentaires et ont un besoin urgent d\u2019un programme de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire (Schultink, Citizen Digital, 2017). L\u2019insuffisance alimentaire, dans ces r\u00e9gions du pays, pousse parfois les parents \u00e0 envoyer leurs enfants travailler pour assurer la survie de la famille.<\/p>\n<p>En d\u00e9pit de la pr\u00e9dominance, au sein de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 k\u00e9nyane, de facteurs sociaux qui contribuent au travail des enfants, il est toutefois encourageant d\u2019observer la volont\u00e9 de nombreux individus, groupes d\u2019individus, ou m\u00eame d\u2019agences de l\u2019\u00e9tat \u00e0 mettre fin \u00e0 ce grave probl\u00e8me de soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ecrit par:<\/strong> David Ng\u2019ethe<br \/>\n<strong>Traduit par :<\/strong> Sophie Narayan<br \/>\n<strong>Relu par: <\/strong>Morgane Daget<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Citizen Digital, 2017. 370,000 Kenyan children require treatment for acute malnutrition: UNICEF. Extra\u00eddo de: https:\/\/citizentv.co.ke\/news\/370000-kenyan-children-require-treatment-for-acute-malnutrition-unicef-175420\/<\/p>\n<p>MyWage.org\/Kenya, 2017. Child Labour. Extra\u00eddo de: https:\/\/mywage.org\/kenya\/home\/labour-laws\/fair-treatment-at-work\/child-labour<\/p>\n<p>Departamento de Trabajo de Estados Unidos (United States Department of Labour). Extra\u00eddo de: https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/ilab\/resources\/reports\/child-labor\/kenya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En d\u00e9pit de la ratification de trait\u00e9s et de la promulgation de lois strictes pour combattre le travail des enfants au Kenya, de nombreux probl\u00e8mes subsistent encore qui emp\u00eachent un grand nombre d\u2019enfants k\u00e9nyans de jouir pleinement de leurs droits. 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