Essay About Child Labour

Child Labor

Child Labor steals the childhood from the children. I am interested in child labor research because I personally experience it. When I lived in Nepal, I worked in a nut factory, and I was only in the fifth grades due to the financial problem. Many kids worked in hotels, in the house, and polished shoes to survive and to support their family, and some of my friends carried loads in building construction. I am curious to know how poverty increases the child labor and how it affects children's dreams. I suspect the children's side effect of doing adult's work. I want to know does working as underage causes the lack of education and poor health issue. I had many questions about child labor, and I did research about how does Child...show more content...

He said that child labor can be banned from giving them proper education. The second text I read was "India Plans Child Labor Reform" by Amy Kazmin. In this text the author argues that India moves forward to ban child labor for under thirdteen and let them go to school, but it hasn't been totally follow. She states that the amendment consideration includes fines and punishment for having a child labor. Also, she says that legislature accepts to stop children working in factories, but she said it will be challenging. She mentions that Congress advisor said that advantage of education is more effective than benefits from child labor. However, she says fully preventing child labor would cause issues for the parent who depends on their kids' income. But the Congress is working to defend children and let them be in school. She points that abolishing child labor is being neglected, but Unicef program, said banning child labor will take time and righteous laws helps to make changes. The third text I read was "India's Child Labor Challenge" by Shashank Bengali. In this text the author argues that children do dangerous work full time for low wage, which harm their health and education, industry and parents depends on the children, and India is putting children's life in a higher risk. He states that even children who are below teenage work in textile

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Child Labour

Child labour is one of the topic that presents strong emotions, beliefs and opinions. Most people are opposed to the involvement of children in labour force activities when they are at an age when other activities, such as education and play, should be the central role in development. However, child labour represents an extremely difficult and complex issue which often extends beyond emotions, beliefs and opinions. Much of this has to do with the understanding that a wide variety of factors, such as economic, cultural, social, political and legal concerns, are part of any child labour problems as well as the solution to these problems. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper will be to...show more content...

However, while poverty is an important causal factor, it is often the case that it is not the only factor. For example, some studies have indicated that some child workers "...are from relatively affluent families, and engage in the business for excitement and pocket money"5. This would seem to suggest that "...cultural and economic factors here interact in complex ways to encourage child work and need to be understood together"6.

An examination of existing trends regarding child labour often reveals contradictory and even disturbing developments. More specifically, official data from most countries have shown "...a gradual, long–term decline in child labour, but many experts assert that recent economic crisis in the developing countries has led to an upsurge in juvenile workers"7. Even though child labour is primarily found in developing countries, and that this can be largely attributed to the economic, social and cultural environment, there is some indication of a resurgence in this activity in industrialized countries. Much of this activity also happens to be everywhere and familiar, such as a child who shines shoes for a living, who is at home tending younger children or who is helping in a family farm and business working such long hours that it is impossible to play or even attend school. If anything, this emphasizes that much of the attention that has been focused on

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ELIMINATING CHILD LABOUR: DO NGO INTERVENTIONS ADD UP TO A STRATEGY?

Rekha Wazir*

The involvement of non–governmental organisations (NGOs) in child labour is fairly recent but it is steadily growing in momentum. However, only a few NGOs have succeeded in achieving recognition in this field at the national level. This paper starts by reviewing a number of inter–linked background factors that circumscribe and curtail the activities of NGOs. This is followed by an analysis of the strategies that NGOs use in addressing child labour. The final section addresses the question whether NGO interventions add up to a strategy for eliminating child labour. In order to be effective, NGO strategies would have to stand up to scrutiny on three...show more content...

2.Resource Availability

The reluctance of the Indian government to undertake programmes to eradicate all forms of child labour – hazardous and non–hazardous – and provide universal elementary education is attributed in large part to the shortage of resources at the national level. However, Sudarshan (2000) estimates that less than 1 percent extra of GDP is required to universalise elementary education. While this is a substantial amount, and would require some reallocation of resources, it is well within the realm of the possible. The failure to make the necessary commitment can only be attributed to a lack of political will rather than to any real shortage of resources. In this scenario, NGOs become the cheap alternative for assisting government in reaching some of its goals for eliminating child labour and universalising education. While this provides NGOs with a steady source of income, it also constrains their work, as financing for this sector is limited and government grants may be tied to the provision of certain kinds of services such as the delivery of non–formal education to working children, or setting up alternative schools in areas that lack such facilities.

The bulk of non–governmental funding for child labour and education projects is provided by international NGOs. These donor agencies have their own mandates, their own strengths and weaknesses and their own constituencies.

Child Labour

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR

Poverty

Parental illiteracy

Tradition of making children learn the family skills

Absence of universal compulsory Primary education

Social apathy and tolerance of child labour

Ignorance of the parents about the adverse consequences of Child labour

Ineffective enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to child labour

Non–availability of and non–accessibility to schools

Irrelevant and non–attractive school curriculum

Employers prefer children as they constitute cheap labour and they are not able to organize themselves against exploitation.

Causes of Child Labour

Some common causes of child labor are poverty, parental illiteracy, social apathy, ignorance, lack of education and exposure,...show more content... India is the largest example of a nation plagued by the problem of child labour. Estimates cite figures of between 60 and 115 million working children in India the highest number in the world (Human Rights Watch 1996, 1).

What are the causes of child labour in India? How do governmental policies affect it? What role does education play in regard to child labour in India? A critical analysis of the answers to these questions may lead in the direction of a possible solution. These questions will be answered through an analysis of the problem of child labour as it is now, investigating how prevalent it is and what types of child labour exist. The necessity of child labour to poor families, and the role of poverty as a determinant will be examined. Governmental policies concerning child labour will be investigated.

The current state of education in India will be examined and compared with other developing countries. Compulsory education policies and their relationship to child labour will be investigated using Sri Lanka and the Indian state of Kerala as examples of where these policies have worked.

Finally, India's policies concerning compulsory education will be assessed. The Problem of Child Labour in India

How many children are involved?

It is difficult to cite a current figure for the number of children engaged in child labour. This difficulty is attributed to the fact that the Indian Government "has been negligent in its refusal to Get more content

Child Labour in The United States

Child Labour: A History America and The Industrial Revolution

'Forms of child labor, including indentured servitude and child slavery, have existed throughout American history.' (http:/ /www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/us_history.html) During the years following the Civil War, (http:/ /americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/a/indrevoverview.htm) the American working class made an abrupt transition away from farm work and home chores. Workers shifted over to the ever–growing factory production industry. Many factory production jobs became available following the year 1820, mid way through Industrial Revolution. This era of mechanic and industrial growth created new social divides in American society, forming new castes of entrepreneurs and splitting the population into the middle and the lower class (http://www.eiu.edu/eiutps /childhood.php). Many families relocated from rural neighbourhoods to seek employment. American citizens from the suburbs traveled to nearby cities, searching for a better life and employment. In the newly established industrial empire the jobs available often required long hours working in dangerous conditions. The work offered was in exchange for little pay– families would often have no choice but to accept the conditions. In the cases of unfavorable lines of work, children were often proffered. Children were favored because of their small stature, ability for nimble precise work, and

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Child Labor

Child labor is one of the biggest issues around the world because it puts children in danger, it deprives them of an education, it is widespread and it's often hidden or invisible especially in agriculture, big industries and mines especially in poor countries.

In this document of child labor it's explained what the meaning of child labor is, why it exists, also why it is so widespread in poor countries. There are also examples of children working in deplorable conditions. This document also discusses the reason why parents send or allow their children to work in an environment as a result it finally mentions the possible solutions to end child labor.

Child labor is morally...show more content...

These children harvest and cultivate coffee. Some children harvest bananas, sugar cane, sisal, tobacco, oranges, and other fruits and vegetables. They get up early to work in the damp and cold. Often barefoot inadequately dressed, they develop chronic coughs. They are exposed to the elements, risks bites from snakes and insects, and in many occasions, work without protective equipment while wielding dangerous tools such as machetes and working in close proximity to harmful pesticides. (The story of child labor)

In Colombia, there are approximately 2.5 million children that are forced to work to support their families. There are only 40 % of all children who attend to school the other 60 % leave school with a primary school completion. Most of these children work about nine ours each day, they don?t get benefits and their wages are miserably low.

In the capital region of Guatemala, about five thousand children between the ages of 6 and 14 were found in secret and illegal workshops they were making fireworks and other explosives. These children were exposed to toxic, flammable, and explosive material. The workshop also didn?t have any hygiene and safety measures. This caused the death of nine children who were injured while working in the industry. Four children survived their injuries. (The story of child labor)

Children in Bolivia work for the mining industry this is most found in the

Child labor was a staple during the Urbanization of the United States of America. Fresh out of a bloody Civil War that took the lives of at least 618,000. Child labor was very dangerous. Especially in the steel mills because of the lack of safety equipment. It was also very dangerous because the children laborers were very young for the jobs they were doing for such cheap pay. Anywhere between 12–16 years old. Since they were all very young they were not very strong. So due to them being weak, young, basically meeting no physical conditions to be able to work efficient the steel mill owners would take advantage of that. They saw cheap labor. Very cheap and easy labor. There was child labor that was socially acceptable at the time and still...show more content...

The negative side of the "apprenticeship" is that the former slave owner could use and abuse his "apprentice". The courts allowed lots of apprenticeships. Most people would assume that they used that as a cover for what they really wanted to use the "apprentice" for. Another common theme was people called "padrones". They were basically the recruiting department to find young Italian boys in Italy and have them and their family sign an "apprentice" contract. The contract was labeled that the boys would be shipped off to America from Italy to learn to play an instrument. Now, they did learn to play an instrument but not like they had imagined when first signing the apprentice contract. They would learn to play instruments, but they then were forced onto street corners to perform and make the padrone's money. The children that were good enough to make any money would be on good terms with the padrones. Those who protested and didn't make any money would often get beatings consequently for not making the padrone money. The kids wouldn't often even get any money. (Michael Schuman, History of child labor in the United States–part 1: little children working)

A perfect example on how the child labor was in the south is "...hundreds of under–nourished, over–worked and scantily clad little boys and girls do the galley–slave act in the treadmill of industry in Democratic territory." (Washington Bee (Washington (DC), District of Columbia) 10–02–1920

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Child labour is defined as "work for children that harms them or exploits them in somewhat physically, mentally, morally or blocking access to education" (Amery, Lecture 5, p2, 2017). Work forms of child labour including the following: plantations, family farms, manufactures, construction work, commercial work, sexual exploitation, mining and children illicit activities (Amery, Lecture 5, p9 2017). Although these are just a few of the activities that child labour's perform working on family's farms and in factories are often the most common. Both the International Labour Organization (2017) and Diollo, Etienne, Mehran (2013) who have studied this topic suggest 56% of child Labour's work on family farms. Furthermore, work performed on the...show more content...

Some of the children that have been studied in India's workforce have suggest that they are not proud of themselves (23%), they are under extreme stress (55%), they are not happy (67%), they are extremely shy (64%) of the 500 children studied during 2011(Gamlin et al., 2015). This is a perfect indication of the damage these young children's brains are suffering from the impacts of the working conditions and abuse faced during their work.

Furthermore, the reason why child labour is an issue around the 'work' is because of the detrimental effects the working conditions and work has on the child's development into their real career. Children in the workforce are not being treated as children they are essentially salves. They work inhumane hours, are starved until a job is done or not fed at all, beaten and abused for being tired or not performing at their regular capacity (Srivastava, 2012). But this is okay as many workers or labour's suggest because we need their tiny hands and they are faster at getting the job done. However, their childhood is stripped from them as they miss out on going to school and forced into the labour force. These children are experiencing intense fast paced work, that they are not ready for (Gamlin et al., 2015). The children are also severally hindered in their brain development as they are being abused

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