As 2025 marks the glob­al year for the elim­i­na­tion of child labour un­der Tar­get 8.7 of the Unit­ed Na­tions Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment Goals, Trinidad and To­ba­go is mak­ing strides in ad­dress­ing the is­sue.

The Min­istry of Labour (MOL), in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the In­ter­na­tion­al Labour Or­ga­ni­za­tion (ILO), has en­gaged a con­sul­tant to de­vel­op a na­tion­al pol­i­cy aimed at com­bat­ing child labour.

Dr. Kim­ber­ly-Ann Git­tens-Baynes has been ap­point­ed as the con­sul­tant for this ini­tia­tive, with the con­sul­tan­cy set to last nine months, cul­mi­nat­ing in the pol­i­cy’s com­ple­tion by No­vem­ber 2025. The pol­i­cy’s de­vel­op­ment aligns with the ob­jec­tives of the Na­tion­al Steer­ing Com­mit­tee for the Pre­ven­tion and Elim­i­na­tion of Child Labour, a mul­ti-stake­hold­er group com­mit­ted to safe­guard­ing chil­dren’s rights and well-be­ing.