Nodira Saidkarimova

Turkmenistan bans child labor on cotton farms with support from USAID and partners  

October 2, 2024

In July 2024, Turkmenistan’s minister of Labor and Social Protection adopted an order prohibiting children younger than 18 from working in cotton harvesting, officially adding “cotton picker” and “cotton grower” to the list of banned forms of child labor in the Central Asian country. The decree, which is now registered with the Ministry of Justice, is in […]