Brief Summary: The Issue Of Child Labor In China

People probably think, what is the reason that causes child labor. As the result, the reason of child labor is poverty, illiteracy, early married parents, war and disaster. Children from poor family might be forced to support and work for their parents. Illiteracy, In the developing countries, due to lack of employment opportunities or education, children may be work in factory to provide food and clothing for family, instead of attending school. Also, war and disasters will fuel child labor. In conflict and disasters, parents may lose their jobs and school might be destroyed, children may be forced to start work. In Afghanistan, years of armed conflicts have fueled poverty and child labor, at least a quarter of Afghanistan's 5 to 14-year-olds work to raise their families but they usually working long hours with little or no pay. A 15-year-old Afghan boy's brother and sister were working since they are five. They had been working in brick making, to clean the ground, take a shovel and pick a pickaxe, everyone is at work.

Child labor is the use of children in industry or business, that can deprive them from their childhood, keep them away from attending school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. This practice have numerous occurrences all through history and is one of the worst forms of child exploitation, particularly, with during the industrial revolution. Over the years it has grown to become one of the many serious social issues around the world. According to statistics provided by UNICEF, there are an estimated 250 million children aged 5 to 14 years employed in child labor worldwide and this figure is continuously increasing. Even with the standardized federal labor laws in effect in 1938 not a lot has changed. Child labor not only causes damage to a child’s physical and mental health but also keep him deprive them from their basic rights to education, childhood, and freedom. Child labor has very bad effects on the society that can result to consequences that can exploit the future generation.

What is child labor? Just like most if not all issues, Child labor is defined differently by different cultures, and depending on who you ask you will get a different response. However, according to International Labor Organization (ILO) convention Child labor is the use of Children in industries or businesses, especially when illegal or considered inhumane. In other words, a work that deprives children of their childhood. There are different forms of child labor, for example, agricultural labor, children working in mines, in manufacturing industries, in domestic service, types of construction, to even begging on the streets, this type is not too common in America. Other types of child labor, include taking for slavery in armed conflicts, forced

Lastly another reason why child labor still exist is because the lack of enforcement of laws from the government. The government has not done enough to help protect these young children’s. 168 million of children are still involved in child labor, which is a ridiculous amount. 85 million children are still forced to work in a hazardous environment that could either injure or kill them. There are even 21 million children in forced labor, meaning these

There was a time when there was little child labor and people were forced to work all day for nothing more than a few dollars. Unfortunately, child labor has grown largely recently in the last years. Mainly in Africa and other poor countries, there is about one-fifth of the population of children working because they are poor and because people think it is free since they are children. Laboring children are working endlessly in many countries at toxic and dangerous gold mines. There is always a young child under eighteen that is working constantly to support his or her family in an underground gold mine. We may think that since we are living fine in our nice homes and eating great food that everybody is okay, but they are not and they get only a few dollars a day for working five times harder than you.

Imagine a twelve year old child getting up every morning going to work in a factory instead of going to school to get an education. Yes this is the reality in China for many young children. While here is the US many children at the age of 12 are in elementary school, children in China are working in factory industries making toys and other goods to export out to the US and other countries. For years, China has engaged in the use of child labor, wage levels below international standards, and unsafe ergonomic conditions.

The reason why child labor is demanding is because they are paid the lowest amount of money and its more conviniant for countries to spend very little in paychecks than loads of money in education. In china’s prespective; the united states collaborates on bussniesses with China because they charge so inexpensive. China gets otders in really quick since the young workers have long schedules and nearly paid the minimum so its really convenient for the companies.

Within China, there are many, many cases of heavy child labour. Sometimes it’s from law abuse, other times it’s poverty. Several countries and organizations, including Canada, are involved in putting their efforts into ending this across the globe, China as well. There are many ways you can contribute, but before that, you’ll have to understand the current problem.

“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye-it is very beautiful.”~Kailash Satyarthi. Child labor is the working of children that are too young in a way that is inhumane. Many children around the world have had this childhood taken away through child labor. These children are being forced to work against their will and having their education taken away under the age of 15. While both current child labor and child labor from the Victorian Era ruin the lives of many children, they differ in the procedures of which they perform this, and their motives for doing such.

Child labor is the use of children in industry or business. In other words child labor is violating the age limit for work that threatens a kid mentally or physically. Sadly there are one hundred sixty-eight million unlucky kids who are stuck in it.

Undeniably, there are many reasons why child labour occurs. The most common reason why is because of the lack of money in poverty stricken areas or

Child labor is considered as a form of child abuse, it being the exploitation of a child’s rights and freedoms. Therefore, child labour is when underage children are employed, this happens because a child labourer is paid less than an adult labourer. Consequently employers have more children working for them because they spend less paying the children.

The definition of child labor differs depending on the region. At the fundamental level, child labor is based on the deprivation of a childhood experience, potential, and dignity. Child labor is commonly harmful to the body and detrimental to psychological development. It is likely that the working conditions for these children are inadmissibly long hours within a harsh environment.

    War, unbalanced international trade, and natural disasters are but few among many of the root causes of poverty. With poverty comes the undeniable consequence of child labor. Today, millions of children around the world work in agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Child labor exists in all parts of the world, with 114 million in Asia and the Pacific, 14 million in Latin America, and 65 million in Sub-Saharan Africa. Poverty is primary cause of child labor, as families that are too poor need extra hands to work for their daily supply of food. If quality education could be provided for free in all parts of the world, this problem could potentially be eradicated.

POVERTY: UNICEF suggests that poverty is a big cause for child labour. The report also notes that in rural and impoverished parts of developing and undeveloped parts of the world, children have no