In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia
<p>An abolitionist approach to children’s work bans all work; a regulatory approach bans harmful work and regulates other work. I argue for a regulatory approach, using the “least restrictive alternative” test commonly applied in law. I contend, however, that definitions of harmful work must a...
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| description | <p>An abolitionist approach to children’s work bans all work; a regulatory approach bans harmful work and regulates other work. I argue for a regulatory approach, using the “least restrictive alternative” test commonly applied in law. I contend, however, that definitions of harmful work must appropriately specific to local contexts and informed by the views of working children. I support this with a case study of a village in Ethiopia, where the current abolitionist approach is overly restrictive. However, a regulatory approach based on international definitions of harmful work would probably not protect children against some harmful work. Children and their parents have a better understanding of which work is harmful, so local definitions ought to be the basis of regulatory legislation.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c86324d8-f7e1-4418-bd13-585889756ed22022-03-27T06:51:47ZIn the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural EthiopiaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c86324d8-f7e1-4418-bd13-585889756ed2Children and youthEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.2010Orkin, K<p>An abolitionist approach to children’s work bans all work; a regulatory approach bans harmful work and regulates other work. I argue for a regulatory approach, using the “least restrictive alternative” test commonly applied in law. I contend, however, that definitions of harmful work must appropriately specific to local contexts and informed by the views of working children. I support this with a case study of a village in Ethiopia, where the current abolitionist approach is overly restrictive. However, a regulatory approach based on international definitions of harmful work would probably not protect children against some harmful work. Children and their parents have a better understanding of which work is harmful, so local definitions ought to be the basis of regulatory legislation.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Children and youth Orkin, K In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia |
| title | In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | In the child’s best interests? Legislation on children’s work in rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | in the child s best interests legislation on children s work in rural ethiopia |
| topic | Children and youth |
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