Unethical child labour

Thèmes abordés

Child labour, hazardous work, less-developed countries, lack of education, ILO, poverty

Résumé du document

Since always, children have been exploited in different ways and for distinctive kinds of work as it exists many sorts of job that kids are doing. Considering the ILO's statistics on child labour, it seems to have decreased since a couple of years but the figures are still so frightening as 168 million of children are working, what corresponds to 1 out of 7 kids. The most alarming thing is that a half of them are engaged in hazardous work that is to say a work that includes "physical, psychological or sexual abuse, work underground, underwater, at dangerous heights or in confined spaces, work with dangerous machinery, work with hazardous materials, work with long hours including night work" (Child Labour, 2013).

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[...] A political way seems to be a first good approach on looking for issues. Moreover, a social way is also practicable in that help should be offered to families and facilitate access to education and minimum school learning. As the topic is about less-developed countries, we can also highlight that one of the problems could be the number of children for one family. More children the parents have, harder it is for them to afford nourishing them and school tuitions. [...]

[...] Secondly, this paragraph will display the different effects of child labour. Primarily, children are usually working in very poor conditions and they suffer from important health diseases often in addition to bad personal life condition as they are from the lower classes of society. Working may be really stressful and dangerous for kids in that they are confronted to chemical products or to a lack of supervision protecting them from labour risks. Moreover, kids may undergo psychological illness, particularly due to hard works. [...]

[...] Responsible finance and child labour: quo vadis microfinance?. Enterprise development & Microfinance, 157-172. Rea, J. (n.d). Child Labour. [...]

[...] Indeed, a child working represents an additional salary for the family. Moreover, children may directly work for the family. Indeed, poor families in less-developed countries are usually working in the agricultural sector and the ILO's statistics report that 69% of working children are in the agricultural sector. Not going to school, kids can help their parents in the fields in order to end up faster with the work that they need to do without paying anyone. Moreover, less-developed countries suffer a considerable lack of education, what can be considered as a motivation for child labour. [...]

[...] Unethical child labour Child labour is unethical but necessary in less developed countries. Discuss the causes and effects giving concrete examples and possible solutions. Study Outline Introduction Thesis statement: Although child labour is unethical in our modern-day world, less developed countries usually employ kids for different reasons causing various effects that can be benefits and catastrophic. II- Study Body Issue Child labour causes - Children as a work force - Family cause - Lack of education Issue Effects of the causes - Children health disease - Psychological illness - A vicious circle in less developed countries Issue A disease to cure - Compromise between legalization and eradication - Facilitating access to education III- Conclusion Study Since always, children have been exploited in different ways and for distinctive kinds of work as it exists many sorts of job that kids are doing. [...]