Child Labor
Human Global Rights Violation
What is Child Labor?
Child labor is a human global rights violation in which kids skip school in order to go to a full time job, where they are likely to be enslaved.
Where is this most common?
Most child laborers live in lower-developed or middle-east countries.
57 million child laborers live in Asia.
Environment
Child labor causes many problems.
Children are forced to work in intolerable conditions.
Some children are injured or sick because of work
60% of child laborers work in Agriculture
Most work under extreme conditions
Unfair Pay
Most child laborers are paid well-below the legal minimum wage.
Children are also forced into the jobs that no person would want to do.
Child sweatshops are common in some places
Many children in bigger cities are forced into prostitution
Low-pay with children is normal
Risks and Dangers of Child Labor
Most child laborers work in terrible conditions. There are many factors which contribute to injuries, sicknesses, and deaths.
In agricultural jobs, there is high exposure to pesticides
Pesticides can cause many illnesses in children who are around them.
Sharp farming tools can harm laborers
Many deaths occur each year because of the lack of experience that these kids have.
Conditions for places that hire kids are terrible
Most do not have running water, clean water, and bathrooms.
Efforts to solve child labor
Most efforts to solve child labor have not been successful.
Some countries though, have taken the stop to ban child labor in their country.
Even though countries have banned it, most larger companies have paid them off to continue with child labor.