PROJECT ON CHILD LABOUR
"We are the world's
children.We are the victims of
exploitation and abuse. We
are street children. We are
the children of war. We are
the victims and orphans of
HIV/AIDS. We are denied
good quality education and
health care. We are victims of
political, economic, cultural,
religious and environmental
discrimination. We are
children whose voices are
not being heard: it is time we
are taken into account. We
want a world fit for children,
because a world fit for us is a
world fit for everyone."
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What is child labour?
The term "child labour", coined in Britain during the 19th century,
implies that the children involved should not be working. "Youth
employment", on the other hand, implies something quite different --
that young people need appropriate training and support to enter the
labour market and to find jobs when they leave school. Many
languages do not have a phrase that implies that children should not be
working and use expressions more similar to "child work".
The types of work regarded as "hazardous" have to be identified in
each country. The ILO set out the criteria for identifying them, as work
that might expose children to:
● Physical, psychological or sexual abuse;
● Work underground, under water, at dangerous heights or in
confined spaces;
● Work with dangerous machinery, equipment and tools, or
which involves the manual handling or transport of heavy
loads; and
● Work in an unhealthy environment which would expose
children to hazardous substances, agents or processes, or to
temperatures, noise levels, or vibrations which might damage
their health.
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Why children work?
Children start work when they are too young, or take on work that is
hazardous, for many reasons. Children in developing countries do so
because they and their families need the extra income. Indeed, many
end up working unpaid for their employers in exchange for their board
and lodging. In contrast, children in industrialised countries, including
the UK, seek work for quite different reasons, usually to establish
financial independence from their parents.
Here we focus on children who are driven into the world of work by
poverty. However, even for poor families there are decisions to make
about what work children should take on. Parents rarely wish to expose
their children to danger, but may see no alternative. All too often, both
parents and young people are unaware of the risks involved.
The reasons children work can be divided broadly into "supply" and
"demand" factors. The very fact that so many different factors are at
play is one reason why there is no single solution, no magic recipe for
putting an end to the economic exploitation of children.
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Action to stop child labour...
The various causes of child labour outlined here need to be tackled at
different levels:
● Immediate causes (a parent dies and the family desperately
needs extra income).
● Underlying causes (public opinion thinks the most appropriate
work for girls is in the house, or that it is acceptable for poor
children to work instead of attending school).
● Structural or root causes operating at the level of an entire
economy or society.5
An immediate cause can be addressed by action in the short term,
such as providing grants to needy families, while addressing root
causes means bringing about major changes in the economic order at
national or international level.
No single action, however well intentioned, stops child labour or puts
an end to the harm which children suffer. Instead, we need a
coordinated set of actions. This involves:
● Putting the right laws and policies into place (and ensuring the
public knows about them and the government has the political
will to implement them).
● Addressing the root causes of child labour.
● Preventing children from leaving school and entering the
labour market prematurely.
● A range of activities to protect children who are already at
work, in some cases to support them and in others to
withdraw them from work that is causing them harm.
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