Child Labour


 CHILD LABOUR




Child labour is work carried out children that harms them or exploits them in some way - physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking their access to education. While progress has been made around the world in the fight against child labour, there's still a long way to go.




☺How Many Child Labourers Are There in the World?


“A total of 152 million  children – 64 million girls and 88 million boys – are in child labour globally, accounting for almost one in ten of all children worldwide. Nearly half of all those in child labour – 73 million children in absolute terms – are in hazardous work that  directly endangers their health, safety, and moral development.”




☺What Do Child Labourers Do?







According to the ILO, 70.9  percent of child labourers work in agriculture. Other industries that frequently rely on child labour include maufacturing, mining, quarrying, construction, domestic service and general service such as in retail, restaurants and hotels.




☺What Causes Child Labour Today?




Poverty is widely considered the main reason that children work in jobs that are exploitative and inappropriate for their age. But there are other reasons as well,
including:
  • Family expectations and traditions.
  • Limited access to compulsory, accessible education and day care.
  • Public opinion that downplays the risk of early work for children.
  • Employers that do not uphold workers’ and children’s rights.
  • Limited opportunities for women in society.
  • Irregular monitoring and weak enforcement of relevant laws.
  • Local laws that include a lot of exemptions.
  • Globalisation and an emphasis on low labour costs in order to supply consumers who demand low-cost products.

☺What Are Some Solutions to the Problem of Child Labour?


Many children in hazardous and dangerous jobs are in danger of injury or even death. Between 2000 and the year 2020, the vast majority of new workers, citizens and new consumers — whose skills and needs will build the world’s economy and society — will come from developing countries. Over that 20-year period, some 730 million people have joined the world’s workforce — more than all the people employed in the most developed nations in 2000. More than 90 percent of these new workers will be from developing nations, according to research by Population Action International.

In order to fairly and adequately meet the needs of this growing workforce and not rely on child labour, a few things must be prioritised, namely:
Increased family incomes:

  • Education — that helps children learn skills that will help them earn a living
  • Social services — that help children and families survive crises, such as disease, or loss of home and shelter
  • Family control of fertility — so that families are not burdened by children that they cannot afford to care for.

But real change requires a collaborative effort and a shared belief that it is “preventable, not inevitable”.  The responsibility falls equally on the shoulders of governments, businesses and individual consumers.
                                                 

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