Violation Of Human Rights In Labor In Afghanistan

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.

There are more than 200 million children that are labourers in this world. Somalia is ranked one of the highest countries for child labor. Child labor began around the 1700’s and started because families and people needed someone to work for them or they would not be able to survive. In Somalia and all over the world, child labor is still present. Having to work in life threatening environments, work with dangerous tools and weapons, and be forced into trafficking shows that there should be an end to child labor.

Child labour is a very real problem in the world today, and although it is declining, progress is happening at a slow and unequal pace. Child labour by the International Labour Organization is defined as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development (Diallo, Etienne, & Mehran, 2013, p. 2).” In the most extreme forms of child labour it could account for child enslavement, separation from their families, exposure to serious hazards and illnesses and being left to fend for themselves on the streets (Dinopoulos & Zhao, 2007). In order for certain types of work to be included as “child labour” depends on the child’s age, the type of work,

Since the early 19th century child labor has always been socially accepted and tolerated. Often times it was enforced by parents in order to sustain a way of living for families, but at the turn of the century the Industrial Revolution only made it more apparent that forcing children to perform manual labor would be considered unethical. In fact, thee issue of child labor has never been extensively researched or viewed as detrimental until recently. However, this issue of child labor isn’t just a violation of ethics, or as the author of Child Labor In Human Rights Law and Policy Perspective, Burns H. Weston, states, “it is undeniable and indisputable that child labor is a human rights problem, with increasing recognition all over the world

Children forced to work long hours lose their sense of self. On the physical aspect, working children are more exposed to work-related illnesses and injuries than adults. They are also less aware of risks involved in their occupation and place of work. On the other hand, the mental and psychological problems associated with children forced to work in hazardous conditions are just as great, where these laborers lose their sense of identity and feel worthless among other emotions. Ahmad Suleiman, a nine-year-old boy, is forced to put in 12-hour shifts each day. His entire life has become working at this damp and squalid textile factory, where he spends his days buttoning and sewing shirts (Yeginsu, ). The closest Suleiman, among millions of other children, gets to rest, or simply take a break from his job, is one 30-minute break at lunch time. Free time or rest during the day is integral for psychological development. Children in these kinds of working conditions are more likely to experience higher depression, leading to low self-esteem and anxiety (Thabet et al, 92). These children are disposable to their employers. These children’s names and lives do not matter, they are just another body, just another number. Children like Suleiman do not get to be children. Civilized workers do not know how good they have it. Children, who should not even be working, are treated so cruel and inhumane, many of us cannot even being to image the pain they withstand every

One carpet factory in Asia, children as young as five were found to work from 6 in the morning to 7 in the evening for as little as 20 cents a day. Shirts that cost $60 may actually cost 10 cents to make because of cheap child labor. Many child laborers are beaten and abused to do their work. Most children go unpaid everyday. Many employers make children work in their company because they are “ the cheapest to hire, the easiest to fire, and the least likely to protest.” When an adult’s payroll is cut they protest, but when a child’s payroll is cut they don’t protest. The child is scared and shy to speak up and help

Child workers are considered as modern slaves, because of the conditions in their environment. This children are threaten with physical and sexual abuse, long hours and harsh working conditions. This type of labor is company found in pour rural areas. In this areas children are sold by their parents to other family to work as servants. These children are given the minimum in shelter and food in exchange for the services they provide within the home. (Blagbrough, 2008)

No one wants to imagine the horrifying truth of a poor, defenseless child suffering from abuse and overworking; what’s worse is that they believe this is how they live because they are too young to realize they have rights. Those who use children for human trafficking kidnap them from their families, then they make them work for countless hours without rest. In some case children are thought to kill to advance in war. In Asia, kids are working in factories without the proper protection from the chemicals and machinery. Some work in fields to collect poppies which are then made into marijuana, meth, and heroine. These are only a few way kids are being used for labor that they don’t deserve to do. The kids are hardly fed and beaten if they refuse to work; they are kept in isolated places so no one would be able to find them. It’s terrible to think how a child’s life can change for the

It’s hard to believe that in our modern world today there are 168 million kids who are child laborers. Child labor is a serious problem happening worldwide, it takes kids under the age of seventeen and force them to work. This is a problem since it damages kids' health physically and mentally, in addition it is damaging their future from such an early start. Child labor should be illegal worldwide because of the hazardous conditions, long working hours, and the low pay. It is unfair that these children have no choice in working as well as having their childhood taken away from them.

According to the International Labour Organization, over 168 million children are child labourers even till now. Children as young as five work ten to twelve hours in factories, but only earning a few dollars, or even cents a day. If they ever try to escape, they are mutilated, raped or even murdered as a punishment. Not only are they treated like slaves, but more than half of the children work in dangerous places, such as gunpowder

Modern society is troubled by remnants of the past that exist today, not only due the pervasive exploitation of child labor in developing nations, but also because of the fact that child labor is undeniably at an all time high.

Throughout the world, an estimate of 215 million of children work full-time. They get no education nor do they get any time to play. Most of them don’t even get enough nutrition or medical care. They are forced to work by either their legal guardians or in some cases sold of factory owners as a form of cheap labor. These children are denied their basic rights and are denied their chance to be children that is to play with their peers, get an education and have a proper life. Most of them go through the worst kinds of child labor such as slavery, illegal activities like drug trafficking and prostitution, working in hazardous environment or other forms of forced labor.

Child labor can help families, but harmful child labor often does not. “Although only recently recognized as a global concern, child labor has become the target of international attention and action. However, not all child labor is harmful or exploitative. Some kinds of work offer children constructive learning experiences, and child labor is essential for economic survival in most developing countries." This proves that child labor can be helpful. However the kind of child labor that do not offer those benefits should still be made

Halima is an 11 year old girl who lives in Bangladesh; she works eight hours a day six days a week. She works clipping loose threads off of Hanes underwear for only 53 cents a day. Halima needs to clip 150 pairs of underwear per hour, and she becomes exhausted to the point where she is able to fall asleep standing up. This 11 year old girl should not be working like this. Worldwide, there are approximately 150 million children involved in child labor who shouldn’t be. Child labor is an issue that attacks the rights of children and takes away their ability to be a child, as displayed by the countries of Eritrea and China.

Over 168 million kids are being forced into cruel and harsh child labor. 3 out of 5 people in the world probably don't even realize child labor is happening. Child labor is the employment of children to do work that deprives them of any chance of a pleasant childhood. The beginning of child labor started 1700s, when the Industrial Revolution took off. Nowadays, employment of children happens everywhere, not in just third-world countries, but, also in countries like the United States. Child labor is not just one job; it is many jobs like agricultural, construction, service work, and human trafficking. The employment of children occurs because people think it’s cheaper and easier to pay and hire kids. They are most forms of child labor, but the