Child Labor
Is forced child labor a human rights abuse?
What is child labor?
Backround Information
- 158 million children around the world are part of child labor
- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) work to free children from the clutches of child labor work around the world work in gardening and farming
- Most kids who work around the world work in gardening and farming
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- Below are children sleeping after a hard work day
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Dangers of Child Labor
Some jobs are miners, prostitutes, soldiers, drug smugglers, or bonded laborers
- Children can come down with pesticides and diseases from working in harsh working environments
- Long lasting body pain
- death of children
- Unable to have an education
Benefits of Child Labor
- Helps raise economies
- Families are supported on child income
- In some cases, children can learn life skills
- Child labor is being handled by UNICEF and other organizations
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Informal Response
Bibliography
Anti-Slavery International and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. "Forced Child Labor Is a Human Rights Abuse." Do Children Have Rights? Ed. Jamuna Carroll. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006. At Issue. Rpt. from "Forced Labour in the 21st Century." 2001. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
Children's World Congress on Child Labour. "An International Declaration Against Child Exploitation."Children's Declaration. Children's World Congress on Child Labour, 2004. Rpt. in Child Labor and Sweatshops. Ed. Ann Manheimer. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2006. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
- Posner, Michael, and Lynda Clarizio. "Workplace Codes Could Prevent Sweatshop Abuses." Child Labor and Sweatshops. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. At Issue.Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
- Silicon, Jack. "Child Labor Is a Serious Problem in Latin America." Latin America. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Clock Watchers: Working Kids Keep Poor Latin American Families Afloat, But at a Long-Term Cost for the Region." Latin Trade 14 (Jan. 2006): 20. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
Tierney, John J. "Regulated Child Labor Is Necessary in Developing Countries." Child Labor and Sweatshops. Ed. Ann Manheimer. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2006. At Issue. Rpt. from "The World of Child Labor." The World & I Online. Vol. 15. 2000. 54. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015