Where child labour exists:
It is estimated that 150 million children are involved in child labour. Child labour is most common in sub-Saharan Africa. In Africa 27% of children aged 5-14 are involved in child labour. 90% of the children that are involved in domestic labour are girls, domestic labour includes cleaning peoples houses and apartments. Countries where child labour is really common and there is the most child labour is Ethiopia, Pakistan, Burundi, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Democratic republic of the Congo, Sudan, Somalia, North Korea and Myanmar. Globally 1 in 6 children are involved in child labour, many of the types of work that they are involved in are harmful physically and mentally to the children.
Perpetrators and victims of child labour
Some of the forms of child labour are debt bondage, serfdom, forced or compulsory labour including army recruitment and illegal activities. There are a lot of well known companies and businesses that are involved in child labour. Some of the companies that are involved in child labour include: Nike, Apple, FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and Nestle. Tobacco companies pay children 11p to work for 12 hours a day and some times they work longer and the company doesn't pay them for overtime. Some of the things that are products of child labour are carpets, rugs, shoes, toys, coal, diamonds, gold, tobacco, electronics, clothes, rice and cotton. These are the most common products of child labour there are more products of child labour than are listed. Some children have to work through the night to help parents meet an employers demands.
The victims of child labour are children that are mainly between the ages of 5-14 years old. The children are sold into trafficking and labour. The victims of child labour are children all around the world that are being used for forced and sometimes unpaid labour. Children that are sold into form of labour may be sold into another form of labour later on. Only one in out of five children that are involved in child labour are paid for his or her work. Another one of the reasons that there is child labour is demand for child labour. child labour between the ages of 15 and 17 years old has increased.
Causes of child labour
Poverty is both the cause and the affect of child labour. Another cause of child labour is not having any laws against or to control child labour. In some countries and even including Australia there isn't an age restriction on the age that you are allowed to start working full time. There is also now laws or restriction on the hours that the children are allowed to work and do each day or week. Child labour can also be caused by things like the state that the family is in, the family might be living in poverty and sell the child to do labour so that they can get money to buy more food and to support the rest of the family. Another cause could be cultural reasons the family might always have sent their children off to do labour for money. Another cause of child labour is the demand for more and more labour and people use children because they will do what they are told and they will work for not much money (cheap labour).
It is estimated that 150 million children are involved in child labour. Child labour is most common in sub-Saharan Africa. In Africa 27% of children aged 5-14 are involved in child labour. 90% of the children that are involved in domestic labour are girls, domestic labour includes cleaning peoples houses and apartments. Countries where child labour is really common and there is the most child labour is Ethiopia, Pakistan, Burundi, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Democratic republic of the Congo, Sudan, Somalia, North Korea and Myanmar. Globally 1 in 6 children are involved in child labour, many of the types of work that they are involved in are harmful physically and mentally to the children.
Perpetrators and victims of child labour
Some of the forms of child labour are debt bondage, serfdom, forced or compulsory labour including army recruitment and illegal activities. There are a lot of well known companies and businesses that are involved in child labour. Some of the companies that are involved in child labour include: Nike, Apple, FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and Nestle. Tobacco companies pay children 11p to work for 12 hours a day and some times they work longer and the company doesn't pay them for overtime. Some of the things that are products of child labour are carpets, rugs, shoes, toys, coal, diamonds, gold, tobacco, electronics, clothes, rice and cotton. These are the most common products of child labour there are more products of child labour than are listed. Some children have to work through the night to help parents meet an employers demands.
The victims of child labour are children that are mainly between the ages of 5-14 years old. The children are sold into trafficking and labour. The victims of child labour are children all around the world that are being used for forced and sometimes unpaid labour. Children that are sold into form of labour may be sold into another form of labour later on. Only one in out of five children that are involved in child labour are paid for his or her work. Another one of the reasons that there is child labour is demand for child labour. child labour between the ages of 15 and 17 years old has increased.
Causes of child labour
Poverty is both the cause and the affect of child labour. Another cause of child labour is not having any laws against or to control child labour. In some countries and even including Australia there isn't an age restriction on the age that you are allowed to start working full time. There is also now laws or restriction on the hours that the children are allowed to work and do each day or week. Child labour can also be caused by things like the state that the family is in, the family might be living in poverty and sell the child to do labour so that they can get money to buy more food and to support the rest of the family. Another cause could be cultural reasons the family might always have sent their children off to do labour for money. Another cause of child labour is the demand for more and more labour and people use children because they will do what they are told and they will work for not much money (cheap labour).