(3) The Minister responsible for labour (insert appropriate portfolio or portfolios) shall, in consultation with the Minister and other relevant appropriate authorities, put in place policies, measures and interventions, subject to international labour standards, which shall ensure that – (a) a child is not subjected to economic exploitation or any work that is hazardous or likely to interfere with the child’s education, physical or mental health or social development; and (b) a child in marriage or a victim of child marriage has access to suitable gainful employment and, in particular, equal pay for equal work or equal value of work. (4) The Minister responsible for labour shall, in consultation with the Minister – (a) develop macroeconomic policies that focus on job creation for children in marriages or victims of child marriages; (b) develop measures to regulate the informal economy so as to prevent unfair labour practices where the majority of children work; (c) foster greater linkages between the labour market and education and training systems to ensure that curricula are aligned to the needs of the labour market and that children are trained in fields where employment opportunities are available or are growing; (d) implement appropriately-timed career guidance for children, children in marriages and victims of child marriages, as part of the schooling and post-schooling education system; (e) promote entrepreneurship for children in marriages and victims of child marriages, by including entrepreneurship training in the school curricula, providing access to credit, Page 45 of 78

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