ABSTRACT
The question of the position and safeguarding of women and child workers is one that has hitherto received somewhat scanty attention in Africa, owing to the small degree in which such labour exists as compared with European conditions. There is the possibility of women being indirectly employed, as carriers of the produce of their husbands' labours, or in other forms, when the temptation to earn additional money may withdraw them from home duties. Generally, women and children, when directly employed, will be found engaged in tasks such as weeding, coffee-picking, insect-gathering, and other light work, for which dexterity rather than strength is required. The moral aspect of the employment of women and children is one that at present hardly admits of legislative treatment; the low standard obtaining among many tribes, and the difficulty of supervision, render legal regulation unsuitable to the requirements of the position.
