Characteristic of child labor

  • Violates a nation’s minimum age laws
  • Threatens children’s physical, mental, or emotional well-being
  • Involves intolerable abuse, such as child slavery, child trafficking, debt bondage, forced labor, or illicit activities
  • Prevents children from going to school
  • Uses children to undermine labor standards


http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/what_is_child_labor.html



Facts on child labor

  • One in six children 5 to 14 years old — about 16 percent of all children in this age group — is involved in child labor in developing countries.

  • In the least developed countries, 30 percent of all children are engaged in child labor.

  • Worldwide, 126 million children work in hazardous conditions, often enduring beatings, humiliation and sexual violence by their employers.

  • An estimated 1.2 million children — both boys and girls — are trafficked each year into exploitative work in agriculture, mining, factories, armed conflict or commercial sex work.

  • The highest proportion of child laborers is in sub-Saharan Africa, where 26 percent of children (49 million) are involved in work.
http://www.compassion.com/child-advocacy/find-your-voice/quick-facts/child-labor-quick-facts.htm

What countries take part in child labor?

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Monday, March 22, 2010

CST# 3 Rights and Responsibilities


"The church proclaims the right of all to the common good, personal responsibility as well as social rights. It is the responsibility of the state to ensure that the basic rights of each citizen are preserved and defended"(McKenna 47). The church talks about how people are called to have fairness in any agreements and exchanges between other individuals or private groups. The effects of past discrimination to discrimination of our time continues to keep out members of racial minorities from the high life of the American life. Child labor takes away the rights of children who participate. These kids are unable to live a proper life. Some families look to child labor because their family is suffering through poverty. When kids are put into child labor, the employers have the responsibility of respecting and taking care of their children workers.

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