Child Labor in Developing Countries
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Child Labor Problem in Developing Countries
Child labor act has been able to attract very much attention in the last couple of decades. Although it’s not a new thing, it has been there in the last two centuries, mostly in European countries Germany and America in the mid-eighteen century, according to Basu wales (1999). from then, there have been serious measures put to eradicate and bring to end this disaster]from]the society .this measures include free and compulsory education for all child and strict measures put on anyone who is caught dealing with child labor despite the burn of this act of child trafficking and labor this is not the case in the developing countries, as you will find this child in rural areas working in agricultural and industrial sectors .this is mainly contributed by the level of poverty among the people of third world countries. The do this to earn their living as the life is not an easy and bad government which makes their people to remain poor which leads to this acts
Sometimes it’s hard to define child labor particularly; this is due to the difference in cultural and societal among these children in different countries .like; in developed countries, a child is defined by his or her age, while in developing countries, a child is defined by his responsibility (Rogers and Standing 1981).in developing countries, the minimum age for a child to work outside is 12. In contrast, in other countries, the age is 14which expresses a huge difference; during this age, a child can work and not interfere with his or her school attendance. Heath child labor is very much rampant in developing countries .its is also difficult to determine this as there is no clear law to define this . Childs is always excluded when correcting statistics. This is because the age varies among different regions .according to this, then child labor would vary according to how people define work in their regions. The data is collected according to the ILO estimate in 2005, 320 children were actively in child labor in the age from 7 to 16 years across the world. However, they’re a difference between active economically and child labor as per estimate produced by ILO.
Much of child labor has been associated with poor education; this has been discussed in the child labor act about the child labor health and education and leisure of a child .in this act, each child should have the aright no matter what background, to get at least minimum education. Based on this, childhood is the best time to get schooling when the mind is still growing and fresh; therefore, child labor may lose its meaning if education can be omitted int.
There has been a big controversy between child labor and poverty. In traditional, the act of child labor was very much associated with poverty, but in recent research, there has been a different finding. According to maco level, the well economy of the country has very negative about child labor; however, child labor can vary in a different region with the same economy depending on their income distribution .although there has been a clear agreement between the negative relationship between child labor and household income however this is not the case.
ILO organization has established the study to distinguish between child labor and economically active point reviewed in this paper points out that there is a trademark between child labor and education. The benefits from education are considered by the parent, which brings them to introducing them to laborers. There is higher evidence that the high cost of education has contributed greatly in introducing child labor .other factors like poor school , lack of resources, and long-distance to school is also a major cause. Also, they noted that birth order in your family would determine whether you will be sent to school or work.
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