Child labour and society BLOG

Poverty that forces parents seek help of children

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:58:19 -0500

This video was taken in Surat a major textile market of India. Over 15-20% poor and unemployed rural villagers of developing countries migrate to cities to find their livelihood. Major migrants are either illiterates or semi-literates. failing to get employment some come to streets to beg and seek entire family including children. Reducing rural poverty will reduce rural migrant and urban street begging. Urban poverty is not only poverty but is mess, in order to overcome urban poverty need to solve first stage that is rural poverty. Rural Urban poverty

child labor news (The New York Times Company )

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:13:34 -0500

child labor article from Cornell University

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:02:46 -0500

Is Child Helping Parents After School Time a "child Labor"?

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:58:23 -0500

Is Child Helping Parents After School Time a "child Labor"? - Watch the best video clips here

Poverty stricken father seeking child’s help in performing traditional Rajasthani music and dance, is helping hand to father to meet house hold expenses and sending child to education. Child’s father explains as they are very poor with the burden to marry-away 6 sisters and feed family. He performs traditional dance and music in restaurants and traditional celebrations. Normally, he earns 40 to 50 US$ a week, he says “Is not enough to feed family. What to do when I do have education and knowledge of other earning means.” This child goes to school in the morning studying in 2nd standard, after school study and little homework participates in parent’s profession, Is this called a child labor? ILO defines “Not all work done by children should be classified as child labor that is to be targeted for elimination. Children’s or adolescents’ participation in work that does not affect their health and personal development or interfere with their schooling is generally regarded as being something positive. This includes activities such as helping their parents around the home, assisting in a family business or earning pocket money outside school hours and during school holidays. These kinds of activities contribute to children’s development and to the welfare of their families; they provide them with skills and experience, and help to prepare them to be productive members of society during their adult life.”

Child Poverty in the Dominican Repiblic truly...

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:38:00 -0500

Child Poverty in the Dominican Repiblic truly affecting children? Is poverty in Dominican Repiblic. By YouTube carolmorganschool wrote: Child poverty in the Dominican Republic is an on going issue in children's lives. Some families can not afford to raise children but they have them anyways, this comes with many problems but the worst is that these children will grow up in poverty. Children who grow up in poverty sometimes may not receive a proper education, nourishment or sense of what to do with their life. This is a problem that needs to be stopped and this video should help people see this.

What is child labour?

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:30:00 -0500

What is child labour: Any child under the age specified by law worldwide works full time, mentally or physically to earn for own survival or adding to family income, that interrupts childs social development and education is called child labour.

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Any child under the age of 15 engaged in activity to feed family or self is child labour. ILO Convention 138 (C. 138) obligates countries to fix a minimum age for employment that should not be less than the age for completing compulsory schooling and, in any event, should not be less than 15 years. Developing countries may set the minimum age at 14. C-138 provides flexibility for countries to establish a younger minimum age of 12 or 13 for children to partake in light work.

Children’s participation in economic activity - that does not negatively affect their health and development or interfere with education, can be positive. Work that does not interfere with education (light work) is permitted from the age of 12 years under the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 138. So child engaged in part time work to learn practical skill linked to social or inherited custom or crafts is not child labor. It becomes child labour only when child weaves carpet in a factory; earns money to support family without schooling, social development. On the other hand if child works for 3-4 hours to learn or earn for self or parents after schooling, would not be known as child labour as is additional education and practical skill that a child learns.

Definition of elements of worst forms of child labour- all types of slavery, forceful hiring of children, commercial and sexual exploitation of children, hard working condition.

http://www.sadashivan.com/factsandfigures/
With the change of world order future education system would be more practical than present system of theory from books and notebooks. Each child would be encouraged to involve in practical education that gives skill to survive in competitive world. So, defining education becomes important to define child labour. Thus any child works for pleasure, leisure, pocket money, helping parents, hobby, aspiration, non hazardous part time work is not child labour. Child labour purely accounts when child is forced to work under slavery, poverty, parentless or social or parents boycott.

Types of child labour- Self employed and employed with others are two categories of child labour:

. Self employed- street sellers, rag or scrap pickers, street entertainers, child prostitution or pornography (but mostly they are hired by notorious gangs), begging, and other odd jobs. These types of children are mainly street children and rural migrants. Most these children are parentless, abandoned by parents, riot or war misery. The situation changes; in poor countries they are helping hand to the parents.

. Employed with others- factory or mine workers, domestic servants, child prostitution or pornography. Conducting work in others premises or in others custody. Such children work with parents consent or are parentless. Some are sold or some work to help parents to meet livelihood.

child labour and poverty relationship

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:39:00 -0500

hild labor is a consequence of poverty as hunger, homeless and others so is not as easy as we think. Even NGO’s and prominent individuals can not help eradication this issue until and unless they 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.

http://www.sadashivan.com/quotpovertyquotasubject/

90% of child laborers are rural children who migrate to cities and end up begging, prostitution, domestic helpers, or other odd jobs. It is easy to say “give them education and not work”, but the question is who will give? How many will benefit? Individuals and organizations have been helping these children for several decades. Have they achieved any result? Each day numbers and methods of child labor is growing.

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In books or written records the number of child labor may have reduced but physically, it is different, and areas of child labors have added like begging, domestic help, prostitution, pickpockets, street entertainment, which was never there 2-3 decades back.

I herewith enclosed the video clips and my sites to know more about relationship between poverty and child labor issue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVPk9Jns28k

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4744275778188781484

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QlnKpAQ1aA

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8849854166464553063

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZCMAwYigzk

Illegalizing child labor is an invitation to corruption in bureaucracy. Despite child labor laws, child labor numbers are on the increase. Arresting child labor in factories have opened many sectors for them to get involved specially in flesh trade, begging, street entertainment, pick pocketing and robbery etc.

Child Labor Awareness

Sat, 12 May 2007 12:10:25 -0500

This blog was created in order to bring into consciousness the sad reality of child labor around the world in the 21st century. Currently I'm collecting every piece of information I can find regarding this subject, and put it here with reference to the origin. Please comment and spread it to people that may find this interesting. Good blog for reference

link: http://childlabor.typepad.com/

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Bittersweet chocolate

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:27:07 -0500

Chances are good that child workers -- some of whom are slaves -- helped produce your valentine bonbons. The chocolate industry has promised to get kids out of the cocoa trade. But profits still come before progress.
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/02/14/chocolate/index.htmlBy Caroline Tiger

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Child labor (roadside entertainers)

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:55:41 -0500

This video clip was taken in summer hot of 40 degree Celsius from the road side of New Delhi, India. The video shows how these children work hard to entertain public for mere 1 cent to 5 cents in busy traffic roads of urban New Delhi.

They perform circus and gymnastic actions in dangerously busy roads during red signal controlling traffic.

These children claim to have migrated from Madhya Pradesh without anyone?s support. Their parents too are the entertainers in same field.

The parents are extremely poor that they are unable to support own children.

These children explain in this video that their own native place does not have water, school and source livelihood forced them to come to Delhi the capital of India.

Believe it or not: Major percentage of the child labor comes from rural villages and indulge in to unorganized activities such as begging, prostitution, street entertainers, pick pockets, rag picking, drug trafficking, and so on.