Child Labor

Presentation made by:

Anthony Avila
Period 4 History
Mrs. Teitelbaum

The definition of Child Labor

- It is a noun
- It means: The use of children in an industry
or a business, especially when illegal, or
considered inhumane.

What Causes Child Labor?

What causes Child Labor is:
1. Poverty
2.Limited access to education
3.Repression of workers rights
4.Limited prohibitions of child labor

How many children are being enslaved today?

Today, there is a large amount of 30 million

children being enslaved around the world, and
there are 60,000 children in the U.S today. This
is still a problem today and we are trying to
prevent it.

What contributes to Child Labor?

What contributes is:
1. Lack of Education
2. Learning a Profession
3. Incomes
4. Earning own money
5. Other reasons

The Slaves living condition and treatment

Their living conditions are really poor, and the

way they were treated is that the owners used
them to be abused, killed, farm, do really
extreme things you dont do at all.

Works Cited
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https://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/causes.html
http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/
http://www.eclt.org/about/overview.html
http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Regionsandcountries/Africa/WCMS_101161/lang--en/index.htm

Important quotes
1. Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the
Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men,
women and children. And let us redouble our efforts so that the
words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2. If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the
God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burden not your children
or country with them

Groups that try to prevent Child Labor

The University of Iowa is looking for ways to

prevent child labor everywhere in the world.
They are looking for the people that are making
the kids work, and arrest them.

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