Au march\u00e9 central de Bimbo, en p\u00e9riph\u00e9rie de Bangui, la saison des chenilles bat son plein. Ce mets tr\u00e8s pris\u00e9 en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine fait vivre de nombreux m\u00e9nages pendant plusieurs semaines chaque ann\u00e9e. Mais ce commerce saisonnier s’appuie aussi, largement, sur le travail d’enfants, selon un reportage diffus\u00e9 le 7 ao\u00fbt par Radio Ndeke Luka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pendant les vacances scolaires, nombre d’entre eux passent leurs soir\u00e9es au bord des routes pour vendre des chenilles au profit de leurs parents, une pratique que des organisations de d\u00e9fense des droits de l’enfant d\u00e9noncent comme une forme d’exploitation \u00e9conomique, selon la m\u00eame source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Une pratique ancienne, un cadre juridique fragile<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Le travail informel des enfants pendant les p\u00e9riodes de vacances scolaires reste une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 r\u00e9pandue en Centrafrique, en particulier dans les activit\u00e9s commerciales saisonni\u00e8res comme la vente de produits alimentaires ou agricoles. Si le code du travail centrafricain fixe des restrictions sur le travail des mineurs, leur application reste largement limit\u00e9e dans le secteur informel, qui repr\u00e9sente l’essentiel de l’activit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique du pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pour de nombreuses familles \u00e0 Bimbo, la vente de chenilles constitue un revenu d’appoint difficilement compressible, dans un contexte \u00e9conomique marqu\u00e9 par la pauvret\u00e9 et l’absence d’alternatives de garde ou d’activit\u00e9s encadr\u00e9es pour les enfants durant les vacances. La tension entre n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique imm\u00e9diate des m\u00e9nages et protection de l’enfance illustre une difficult\u00e9 plus large, \u00e0 laquelle sont confront\u00e9es de nombreuses familles centrafricaines en dehors des grands centres urbains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La p\u00e9riode des vacances scolaires, qui co\u00efncide chaque ann\u00e9e avec le pic de la saison des chenilles dans plusieurs r\u00e9gions du pays, accentue m\u00e9caniquement ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne : sans \u00e9cole pour occuper leurs journ\u00e9es, de nombreux enfants issus de familles modestes se retrouvent mobilis\u00e9s par leurs parents pour des activit\u00e9s g\u00e9n\u00e9ratrices de revenus. Les organisations de d\u00e9fense des droits de l’enfant appellent r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement les autorit\u00e9s locales \u00e0 renforcer la sensibilisation des familles, sans pour autant proposer, \u00e0 ce stade, d’alternatives structur\u00e9es de prise en charge des enfants durant cette p\u00e9riode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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