A concern of child labour exists from poverty. We have to
understand as why children go to work. If parents don't send their children to work I am sure factories will not be able to
consume them. Why poor parents feel children as their assets who will earn money for their home?
Are they forced
by their parents to go to work? If yes why?
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An appeal to International society
International socieities and organisation need to understand real porblems behind child labour and come
forward to solutions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Has child prostitution increased? Have torurism and internet helped
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vast majority of child labourers 70 per cent or more work in agriculture.
180-200 million children work in hazardous condition. It is estimated, nearly 3-3.5 hundred thousand children are soldiers that includes boys and girls. Almost 200,000 Nepalese girls, many under the age of 14, are sexual slaves in India, according to ECPAT International.
Prostitution among the children who live and work on the streets of Latin
America -- their number is estimated to 40 million (due to poverty)

Nearly 90% (in my view) of child laborers are rural children. Who migrate to
cities and end up begging, prostitution, domestic helpers, or other odd jobs.
Child labour issue can not be dealt until and unless concerned
organizations influence appropriate Governments to reevaluate the economic
policies and rural economic growth. Till now rural economy is only known as
agricultural economy and never emphasized on add-on value products. Governments
have to consider growing and generating rural employment. Target set for 2015 to
eradicate poverty may not be achieved until we understand roots and real causes
of poverty. Why child goes to work? This
situation is most urgent to be taken care!!! Child goes to work only when
parents allow. And why parents seek own child's support to sustain home
economy? This is what in my opinion Governments need to understand and bring
policies in accordance.
Need attention to identify areas for job creation in rural villages. Many
areas in agriculture and cottage industries yet to be identified which can
generate employment. For rural illiterate and semiliterate population the job
creation should be linked to their skills like
handloom and handicraft sectors, packing
and processing agricultural products, hand tools and related, tourism, aurvedic
medicines, like such there are many resources can promote employment resources.
Agricultural and forest add on value products are most neglected and
research on this subject is least in most countries. Please check
the facts and figures on poverty among rural population and their children:-
Habitat for Humanity International ---
Rural poverty and housing The facts:- 75% of the world's poor, live in rural areas. Low-income families often lack access to education, health care and decent,
affordable housing. For many it is a long walk from their home to school, to collect water or to go to a health centre. Poverty in Africa is predominantly rural.
70% of rural populations in West and Central Africa are poor. In South and East Africa, 145 million people live in poverty – roughly 75% of the rural population.
In South Asia, 31% of the population live on US $1 per day,
down from 41 percent in 1990. In East Asia and the Pacific, 16 percent live on US $1 per day, down from 30 percent in 1990.
A study of rural and urban poverty in Europe found that while the urban poor were twice as numerous as the rural poor, the level of poverty was worse in rural areas.
In the Latin America and the Caribbean area, income distribution is the most unequal in the world.
The richest 10% of the population earn 48% of the income, while the poorest 10% earn less than 2% of income.
Countries & Regions(The World Bank) :- Activities By Country - Data, projects and research.
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Some percentage
of child labour comes from brutality/ harassments by parents or stepparents. They are mainly from urban areas of poors. This
percentage is too less and easily controllable by penalties to such parents and children rights. But rural poverty and lack
of employment or partial employment and illiteracy has given birth to majority of child labour problem.
Nearly 30% of population in poor countries are poorest of poor who are not even able to earn enough for one day food with
big family have to largely depend on children to earn and feed. Parents of these children are mainly illiterate or semi literate
are unable to find jobs, which can provide enough salary. Dream of education to children is impossible unless suitable employment
opportunities made available to at least one person in the family. Simply by opening schools and providing books are not sufficient
measures. We need to understand the reason behind child labour that is poverty and unemployment. Minimizing poverty and creation
of more and more suitable jobs to parents are the only solution of eradication of majority of child labour problem.
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37% say poverty, 33%
say Over populated family 10% poll for Government policy failure, 6% weak
law to protect, 2% say parent's unemployment and 1% say high education and
living cost. 37 percent of Total vote in child labor POLL
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Domestic labour -
GLOBAL FACTS AND FIGURES IN BRIEF(ILO)
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According to recent reports, for example, some 175,000 children under 18 are employed in domestic service in Central America, more than 688,000 in Indonesia alone, 53,942 under-15 in South Africa and 38,000 children between 5 and 7 in Guatemala.
Sex Trafficking: Facts & Figures (globalissues.net) -
:- The United Nations estimates that 700,000 to 4 million women and children are trafficked around the world for purposes of forced prostitution, labor and other forms of exploitation every year. Trafficking is estimated to be a $7 billion dollar annual business.
Child Labor - World Revolution:-
About 1 out of every 6 children in the
world. Nearly three-quarters of the world's child labourers, about 180
million children, are exposed to the worst forms of child labour - that
is, work that is hazardous for children. Some 110 million children in
hazardous work are under age 15. Some estimated 8.4 million children
are trapped in the most abhorrent forms of child labour - slavery,
trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other such
activities.
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