Child Labor Facts in the Worldwide: A Review Article

The economic exploitation of children is an insult to humanity. All over the world children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives. Millions of them work under hazardous conditions which present dangers to their h...

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Main Authors: Ali Khakshour, Maryam Ajilian Abbasi, Sayed Javad Seyedi, Masumeh Saeidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2015-02-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3946_eea4453cf93c7c96a384f65f3c2f815e.html
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description The economic exploitation of children is an insult to humanity. All over the world children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives. Millions of them work under hazardous conditions which present dangers to their health, safety and welfare. They toil in mines and quarries, are exposed to agrochemicals in agriculture, squat in crippling positions to weave rugs and carpets, and scavenge in rubbish tips. Too many are enslaved in bonded labour, isolated in domestic service, and traumatized and abused in the commercial sex trade. Today many people and organizations are concerned about child labour. The number of children working in the world today is higher than most people think, although it is difficult to obtain anything more than an educated global estimate. This is firstly because many kinds of child labour are underreported, and secondly because many countries have no desire or incentive to publicize how many of their young people work. Nevertheless, statistical techniques allow us to estimate that 211 million children aged 5 to 14 and an additional 141 million children aged 15 to 17 are “economically active”, i.e. are involved in some form of work.
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spelling doaj.art-fb5c9f447acf43b0b51197b9bd2fea572022-12-22T04:23:37ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Pediatrics2345-50472345-50552015-02-0131.24674733946Child Labor Facts in the Worldwide: A Review ArticleAli Khakshour0Maryam Ajilian Abbasi1Sayed Javad Seyedi2Masumeh Saeidi3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.Ibn-e-Sina Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Assistant Prof of Pediatrics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Students Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.The economic exploitation of children is an insult to humanity. All over the world children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives. Millions of them work under hazardous conditions which present dangers to their health, safety and welfare. They toil in mines and quarries, are exposed to agrochemicals in agriculture, squat in crippling positions to weave rugs and carpets, and scavenge in rubbish tips. Too many are enslaved in bonded labour, isolated in domestic service, and traumatized and abused in the commercial sex trade. Today many people and organizations are concerned about child labour. The number of children working in the world today is higher than most people think, although it is difficult to obtain anything more than an educated global estimate. This is firstly because many kinds of child labour are underreported, and secondly because many countries have no desire or incentive to publicize how many of their young people work. Nevertheless, statistical techniques allow us to estimate that 211 million children aged 5 to 14 and an additional 141 million children aged 15 to 17 are “economically active”, i.e. are involved in some form of work.http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3946_eea4453cf93c7c96a384f65f3c2f815e.htmlChild labourChild RightsFactsWorld
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Child Rights
Facts
World
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Child Rights
Facts
World
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