child labour

The causes of child labour are numerous and vary from one country to another and
from one economic sector to another. Several common main causes can however be
identified:

Poverty is a determining factor of child labour. Poor families send their children to
work (or ask them to work in the family business), because they don’t have enough
income and nor do they have access to decent work.

Informal work encourages the development of child labour as it lacks both

regulation and inspections.

‘The availability and quality of schooling is among the most important

factors.’
 School needs to be a welcoming environment, with appropriate class sizes, a
curriculum designed for the local context, and affordable for rural communities.
Getting children into school and out of harmful work is one thing but keeping them
there a means creating quality education
 accessible for all.

No Strict Implementation of Child Labour Laws

The govt. does not strictly implement the laws against child labour. Due to corruption all
over the children are found working with many companies and no strict punishment are
resorted to the employers of children.

Conflicts & mass migration

‘There is a strong correlation between child labour and situations of conflict and
disaster’ According to the ILO children make up more than half of the total number of
people displaced by war. These children are particularly vulnerable to forms of
exploitation, including child labour, due to an increase in economic shocks, a breakdown
of social support, education and basic services, and disruption of child protection
services. The incidence of child labour in countries affected by conflict is almost twice as
high as the global average. Children are also vulnerable to becoming involved in armed
conflict

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 The worst forms of child labour
 involves children being enslaved, separated from their families, exposed to serious
hazards and illnesses and/or left to fend for themselves on the streets of large cities –
often at a very early age.
Whilst child labour takes many different forms

work which exposes children to physical, psychological or sexual abuse;

work underground, under water, at dangerous heights or in confined spaces;

work with dangerous machinery, equipment and tools, or which involves the

manual handling or transport of heavy loads;

work in an unhealthy environment which may, for example, expose children

to hazardous substances, agents or processes, or to temperatures, noise levels,
or vibrations damaging to their health;

work under particularly difficult conditions such as work for long hours or during
the night or work where the child is unreasonably confined to the premises of the
employer.

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