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    Children Right and Labour Exploitation in Wolkita Town, Gurage Zone, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2025-06-01) Moges Alemu; Kassahun Tilahun(phD)
    The aim of this study is to evaluate children's rights and safeguard them from labour exploitation in Wolkite town. The study examines the circumstances that lead to children entering the workforce, the living and working situations of child laborers, the difficulties and abusive practices they encounter, and the laws that shield children from being exploited. The qualitative research methodology, the most popular research methodology, was used for data collecting in this study. Through focus group discussion, key informant interviews, semi-structured interviews, and observation, the researcher collected data relevant to the study. This study evaluates child labour laws and their implementation within the studied areas. The Ethiopian government has set up a number of organs in addition to the standard law enforcement and justice systems to combat child labour. The primary issue here is the ill enforcement of these laws which are contained in many national legal instruments. Incompatibility of international law with the domestic one and the culture of the society is also another problem in the study area. As a result, there is a significant discrepancy between national laws and their implementation, and this leads for clear violation of children’s human rights in the study area. The government's comprehension and priority of child protection and child rights must be strengthened in the area of child exploitation and child labour. In summary, this study gives the go-ahead for additional research and creates a favorable environment for potential policymakers to intervene in the issue of children generally and child labour specifically in the study locations and the nation as a whole.