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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Thursday, May 6, 2010

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