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Child Labor

Child Labor. Rebecca Nelson WWU. What is child labor?. Work that harms children or interferes with the child attending school. . Courtesy of Googleimages. How many child laborers exist?.

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Child Labor

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  1. Child Labor Rebecca Nelson WWU

  2. What is child labor? Work that harms children or interferes with the child attending school. Courtesy of Googleimages

  3. How many child laborers exist? • The International Labor Organization currently estimates that 215 million children, ages 5- 17, are working in conditions that are dangerous or illegalall over the world. Courtesy of Googleimages

  4. Where is the majority of child labor? • Asia and the Pacific, with approximately 114 million child laborers. • Latin America with almost 14 million child workers. • Sub- Saharan Africa where approximately 65 million child workers live. • Child laborers exist in every country.

  5. Courtesy of Googleimages

  6. What do the child laborers do? • Agriculture Tobacco, cotton, rice, sugar cane, and cocoa are commonly farmed by children Courtesy of Googleimages

  7. Mining Children mine for different things depending on where they live. Salt, gold, and stones are fairly common things that are mined in underdeveloped countries Courtesy of Googleimages

  8. Production of goods Child workers often produce rugs, carpets, garments, food, and shoes that are purchased by big name corporations and sold right here in the U.S. Courtesy of Googleimages

  9. Sex industry Many children are forced into prostitution and sold to the highest bidder Courtesy of Googleimages

  10. Soldiers Child soldiers are usually used as messengers or cooks and are often forced to kill other human beings. Courtesy of Googleimages

  11. Some children choose to work • In Latin America more than 100,000 children have organized unions that will help them to continue to work. • They also fight for better working conditions • They feel that if they can work legally the conditions would not be so dangerous • Their families rely on the money their children earn • Should these children be permitted to work legally?

  12. When factories are raided the child workers are removed, however, the reason that the children were working in the first place still exists. • Until the reason that each child began working is addressed, child workers will exist.

  13. Are child workers a global issue? Yes, this happens in every country. Not just in developing ones. Courtesy of Googleimages

  14. Why does child labor exist? • In developing countries children work to help support poverty stricken families • A child can be leased by their family to a factory owner to pay back a debt • Children work for less money than adults • Working gives a child the skills they will need to support themselves as adults

  15. Child labor is an issue all over the world and many human service agencies have tried to come up with a solution for it. • It seems like the world is far from finding a solution to the need for child workers. • Children produce goods cheaper than adult workers. • Most consumers want to pay low prices.

  16. Will we ever see an end to child labor? Not anytime soon, but social service groups all over the world are working towards a solution. We might not be able to stop child from having to work, but we can try to change the conditions in which they work. Courtesy of Googleimages

  17. References • All images courtesy of Googleimages. • Beegle, K., Dehejia, R., & Gatti, R. (2009). Why should we care about child labor?: The education, labor market, and health consequences of child labor. Journal of Human Resources, 44(4), 871-889.   •  Das, R., & Biswal, A. (2012). Child labor in India: causes, perspective and governmental policies imperitives. International Journal of Research in Commerce, Economics and Management, 2(8), 164-170. • Friedman-Rudovsky, J. (2011, November 16). Time World: Looking at the positive side of child labor . Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2099200,00.html  • Getinet, H., & Beliyou, H. (2012). Child labor and schooling in rural Ethiopia : nature and trade-off. Education Economics, 20(4), 365-385.  •  International Labor Organization (2013). International Labor Organization: Promoting jobs, protecting people. Retrieved from http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/Youthinaction/C182-Youth-orientated/worstforms/lang--en/   • Kielburger, C. (2011). Free the children. Harper Collins. •  Nepal, A., & Nepal, M. (2012). Is child labor a substitute for adult labor?: The relationship between child labor and adult illness in Nepal. International Labor Review, 151(1), 109-121.   • The Child Labor Public Education (2011, July). Child Labor Public Education. Retrieved from http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/ 

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