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Find out moreHard work, long hours and little pay: Research with children working on tobacco farms in Malawi
Child tobacco pickers in Malawi are being regularly
exposed to extremely high levels of nicotine poisoning, according
to a this new research report by Plan Malawi.
CONTENTS
1. Background
1.1 Child labour on tobacco farms
1.2 Aims of the research
2. Research approach
2.1 Participatory research
2.2 Ethical issues
2.3 Sample
2.4 Participatory workshops
2.5 Recording and analysing the data
2.6 Limitations of the study
3. Findings
3.1 Theme 1: Hard work, long hours and little pay
3.2 Theme 2: Why we are working
3.3 Theme 3: Abuse from supervisors
3.4 Theme 4: Impact of work on the children
3.5 Theme 5: Discrimination within the community
3.6 Theme 6: Withdrawal from labour
3.7 Theme 7: Ideas for interventions/solutions
4. Recommendations
4.1 Advocacy
4.2 Public education
4.3 Education for the farming sector
4.4 Programmes for working children
5. References
6. Appendix: Outline of research instruments