So she sent me to sell to help her get the money," Esther says. The government in 2011 enacted legislation to protect kids like Esther against being trafficked, child labor forced labor, and other negative vices that might impede their growth and development. Known as the Children Rights Law (CRL), the legislation mandates the Ministries of Gender, Labor, and Justice to ensure the safety of Liberian children. "There is not only an increase in child labor in different sectors of the society and kids being used as breadwinners for many families, the issue of internal trafficking is also in play here too," a child rights advocate tells this reporter. Adopted in 1989, the Convention's objective is to protect the rights of all children in which include education and a stop to child labor.
