20 Jul 2024

Seasonal work causing division among Pacific families

From , 6:01 am on 20 July 2024
The World Bank has called for more jobs to be made available for women in New Zealand and Australia under their respective Pacific labour mpbility schemes.

The World Bank has called for more jobs to be made available for women in New Zealand and Australia under their respective Pacific labour mpbility schemes. Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Koroi Hawkins

As demand for seasonal labour in the Pacific increases so does the number of children in the region being raised by grandparents or others who are not primary caregivers. 

The concern was raised during the Protecting Children in the Context of Labour Mobility conference hosted in Port Vila. 

RNZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham has more.