Considerable differences exist between the many kids of work children do.Some are difficult and demanding, others are more hazardous and even normally reprehensible..Children carry out a very wild range of tasks and activities when they work.
By Daiana Tuica
Wednesday 18 May 2011
What sorts of jobs do child labourers do ?
A child worker may tie knots for carpets, inhaling woolen dust while sitting hunched over in the dark. Another child could work handling molten glass in a factory, or assembling matches and fireworks. Children can be found in mines, polishing gems, or climbing across a garbage dump searching out things to sell. For a poor nation waging out things to sell. For a poor nation waging a war it seems logical to enlist children. So the children go to fight, sometimes not understanding the dispute and to small to keep up or carry their weapons. Agriculture also employs many children, using dangerous tools such cane.Aamong the more damaging forms of employment for a child, in particular for girls, would be domestic work. They can go without the support of their families and peers, without education and without time for rest.
Because these girls work out of sight within private households they are extremely vulnerable to physical, mental and sexual abuse. The sex trade presents another instance of severe risk specifically for girls. Real and constant danger stems from customers, pimps , pregnancy , and sexually transmitted diseases.
By Daiana Tuica
Friday 15 April 2011
Anti-slavery
Why do children work ?...
Most children work because their families are poor and their labour is needed for their survival. Employers often exploit children because they are more vulnerable, cheaper to hire than adults and they are less likely to demand higher wages or better working conditions. Some employers falsely argue that children are particularly suited to certain types of work because of their small size and "nimble fingers"
For many parents, sending their children to school is not an option. Education is expensive and sometimes the nearest school is too far away. Some parents feel that what their children will learn is irrelevant to the realities of their everyday lives and futures.
By Daiana Tuica
Most children work because their families are poor and their labour is needed for their survival. Employers often exploit children because they are more vulnerable, cheaper to hire than adults and they are less likely to demand higher wages or better working conditions. Some employers falsely argue that children are particularly suited to certain types of work because of their small size and "nimble fingers"
For many parents, sending their children to school is not an option. Education is expensive and sometimes the nearest school is too far away. Some parents feel that what their children will learn is irrelevant to the realities of their everyday lives and futures.
By Daiana Tuica
Sunday 3 April 2011
By Arushi and Daiana What Can Be Done To Stop Chlid Labour ?
- Ban dangerous work that exposes children to poisonous substances extreme temperatures or long hours.
- Stop forced labor where children are made to serve in armies, and in mines , perform sex or work for very poor wages.
- Reduce poverty so there is less need for children to work .
- Increase adults wages so there is less need for children to work .
- Improve working conditions so that children health and safety are insured.
- Shorten children's working hours so that they can attend school.
- By Arushi and Daiana
Thursday 31 March 2011
Child Labour- Wikipedia
Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labour was utilized to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts of workers' and children's rights.
In many developed countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works (excluding household chores, in a family shop, or school-related work).[2] An employer is usually not permitted to hire a child below a certain minimum age. This minimum age depends on the country and the type of work involved. States ratifying the Minimum Age Convention adopted by the International Labor Organization in 1973, have adopted minimum ages varying from 14 to 16. Child labor laws in the United States set the minimum age to work in an establishment without restrictions and without parents' consent at age 16.[3]
The incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25 to 10 percent between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank
Child labour is still common in some parts of the world, it can be factory work, mining,[13] prostitution, quarrying, agriculture, helping in the parents' business, having one's own small business (for example selling food), or doing odd jobs. Some children work as guides for tourists, sometimes combined with bringing in business for shops and restaurants (where they may also work as waiters). Other children are forced to do tedious and repetitive jobs such as: assembling boxes, polishing shoes, stocking a store's products, or cleaning. However, rather than in factories and sweatshops, most child labour occurs in the informal sector, "selling many things on the streets, at work in agriculture or hidden away in houses—far from the reach of official labour inspectors and from media scrutiny." And all the work that they did was done in all types of weather; and was also done for minimal pay. As long as there is family poverty there will be child labour.[14]
According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 250 million children aged 5 to 14 in child labour worldwide, excluding child domestic labour.[15] The United Nations and the International Labor Organization consider child labour exploitative,[16][17] with the UN stipulating, in article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child that:
In the 1990s every country in the world except for Somalia and the United States became a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, or CRC. Somalia eventually signed the convention in 2002; the delay of the signing was believed to been due to Somalia not having a government.[18]
In a recent paper, Basu and Van (1998)[19] argue that the primary cause of child labour is parental poverty. That being so, they caution against the use of a legislative ban against child labour, and argue that should be used only when there is reason to believe that a ban on child labour will cause adult wages to rise and so compensate adequately the households of the poor children. Child labour is still widely used today in many countries, including India and Bangladesh. CACL estimated that there are between 70 and 80 million child labourers in India.[20]
Child labour accounts for 22% of the workforce in Asia, 32% in Africa, 17% in Latin America, 1% in US, Canada, Europe and other wealthy nations.[21] The proportion of child labourers varies a lot among countries and even regions inside those countries.
In many developed countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works (excluding household chores, in a family shop, or school-related work).[2] An employer is usually not permitted to hire a child below a certain minimum age. This minimum age depends on the country and the type of work involved. States ratifying the Minimum Age Convention adopted by the International Labor Organization in 1973, have adopted minimum ages varying from 14 to 16. Child labor laws in the United States set the minimum age to work in an establishment without restrictions and without parents' consent at age 16.[3]
The incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25 to 10 percent between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank
Child labour is still common in some parts of the world, it can be factory work, mining,[13] prostitution, quarrying, agriculture, helping in the parents' business, having one's own small business (for example selling food), or doing odd jobs. Some children work as guides for tourists, sometimes combined with bringing in business for shops and restaurants (where they may also work as waiters). Other children are forced to do tedious and repetitive jobs such as: assembling boxes, polishing shoes, stocking a store's products, or cleaning. However, rather than in factories and sweatshops, most child labour occurs in the informal sector, "selling many things on the streets, at work in agriculture or hidden away in houses—far from the reach of official labour inspectors and from media scrutiny." And all the work that they did was done in all types of weather; and was also done for minimal pay. As long as there is family poverty there will be child labour.[14]
According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 250 million children aged 5 to 14 in child labour worldwide, excluding child domestic labour.[15] The United Nations and the International Labor Organization consider child labour exploitative,[16][17] with the UN stipulating, in article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child that:
...States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. Although globally there is an estimated 250 million children working.[17]
In the 1990s every country in the world except for Somalia and the United States became a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, or CRC. Somalia eventually signed the convention in 2002; the delay of the signing was believed to been due to Somalia not having a government.[18]
In a recent paper, Basu and Van (1998)[19] argue that the primary cause of child labour is parental poverty. That being so, they caution against the use of a legislative ban against child labour, and argue that should be used only when there is reason to believe that a ban on child labour will cause adult wages to rise and so compensate adequately the households of the poor children. Child labour is still widely used today in many countries, including India and Bangladesh. CACL estimated that there are between 70 and 80 million child labourers in India.[20]
Child labour accounts for 22% of the workforce in Asia, 32% in Africa, 17% in Latin America, 1% in US, Canada, Europe and other wealthy nations.[21] The proportion of child labourers varies a lot among countries and even regions inside those countries.
Inspiration
Me and my friend were inspired by looking at how children suffer at a very young age. We were also inspired by hearing about child labor in many different countries.
Then that gave us an idea to create a website about child labor where we will try to find different ways to help them.
By Arushi
Then that gave us an idea to create a website about child labor where we will try to find different ways to help them.
By Arushi
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