Here is a website with some moving child labour stories. They are about young children who were either forced or had no other choice to to be in child labour. Here is one of them "
At the age of five, Manju was already working on the rug looms. While she has since been found and freed from illegal carpet work, some 250,000 children throughout South Asia still toil in obscurity. Through GoodWeave more than 3,600 kids like Manju have been rescued, rehabilitated and educated, and thousands more deterred from entering the work force.".
http://goodweave.org/about/children_stories
Friday, February 18, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Who, What, When, Where, and Why?
Who does child labour happen to?
Well child labout happens to children of course, but there are also types of labour that can include parents.
What happens to children after the have been put through child labour?
Many of the children die, or suffer extremley life threatning injuries, but this is if they are lucky enough to escape from the factory.
When did child labour start?
Child labour started aroun 1700 and has continued of every since.
Where does child labout occur?
Child labour can occur in antplace in the world. There are some places that have laws against it ghough, but the laws are not always followed.
Why does child labour occur?
Child labour occurs when there are families that are so poor, they need to sell there children and go make them work at factories for money.
Well child labout happens to children of course, but there are also types of labour that can include parents.
What happens to children after the have been put through child labour?
Many of the children die, or suffer extremley life threatning injuries, but this is if they are lucky enough to escape from the factory.
When did child labour start?
Child labour started aroun 1700 and has continued of every since.
Where does child labout occur?
Child labour can occur in antplace in the world. There are some places that have laws against it ghough, but the laws are not always followed.
Why does child labour occur?
Child labour occurs when there are families that are so poor, they need to sell there children and go make them work at factories for money.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Why does child labour happen?
I know in the past tew weeks, I have givven you lots of new facts on child labour, but some of you are probably wondering why does child labour happen? Child Labour occurs when families do not have enough money, so they sell tere children to factories for money. Other falilies believe that it would be best for there children to grow up working and learning to provide for families. I personally think that it is child neglect and abuse when you make your child go and work in a factory. Parents are irresposible if they do this and they should feel bad about it, knowing that there kid can pessibly be killed, beaten, starved, and so many more crule and harse things.
Some of the companies that buy children from other people are just getting power hungry. This is probably because there business is doing very well, so they need to have more workers to produce more of there products.
Some of the companies that buy children from other people are just getting power hungry. This is probably because there business is doing very well, so they need to have more workers to produce more of there products.
What is being done about Child Labour?
Some of the things that are being done about child labour are that many oranizations have gone onboard with helping to reduce child labour. One of the biggest contributers is the United Nations. The United Nations are talking and making agreements with countries so they too can help stop and prevent Child Labour. United Nations also have made and agreement called "The convention on the rights of children". It basically states the rights that children should have but do not. Here is the list of rights.
- The right to a name and a nationality
- The right to protection against child labour
- The right to game and entertainment
- The right to give your opinion and to collect information
- The right to grow up with your family
- The right to a healthy and save live
- The right to special care for disabled childs
- The right to education
- The right to protection against violence and maltreatment
- The right to special protection at a war
- The right to healthy and bacterial free water
- The right to protection for street children
Monday, February 14, 2011
For those of you followers that don't already know, child labout is empyloying underaged children to work, even though there may be laws about it where you live. Many people consider it exploitive and morally wrong. Earlier, child labor was not a big problem as children used to accompany their fathers in agriculture and other jobs. The industrial revolution brought up the dispute over child labor, as schooling became more important, and concepts of laborers and rights of children were developed.History of child labor states that industrial revolution saw children working Factories, mines, and even having his own small business like selling food, flowers and doing much unusual kind of jobs. Some children started being tourist guides, some set up a small shop of their own and some opened up restaurants in their backyards and worked as waiters too. Some children however chose to be actors and singers.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
What are some charities that help Child labour?
Two of the biggest charities that help prevent child labour are the Global Movement of children, and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). Some ways that you could support these charities are by donating on there websites, and vou;enteering at there organizations around the world.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
| -It is estimated to take $760 billion over 20 years to eliminate child labour completely. The estimated benefit in terms of better education and health is over $4 trillion, a six to one difference. -As of 2004, there were 218 million child labourers around the world. -The number of child labourers fell by 16 percent between 2000 and 2004. -Twenty-six percent of all children in Africe are workers. -While the percentage of child labourers is decreasing across Africa, there are actually more children in the workforce now than 10 years ago. -Seven out of ten children work in agricultur, two in services and the last one in industry. |
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Hey Everybody!
Hello blog viewers1 If you are really interseted in stopping child labour, Read the book Free the children by Craig Kielburger. It is a truly moving memoir and will inform you even more on yhis awful topic. Thanks alot!
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Approaches to stopping Child Labour
1. Prioritise primary education It is no coincidence that the countries where child labour is worst are those that spend least on primary education. Primary education should be free, compulsory, well-resourced, relevant and nearby. It is much easier to monitor school attendance that to inspect factories and workshops. Sponsoring a child doesn't solve this problem - it might make us feel good, but it only helps educate one child, isolating them from others in their community.
2. Regulate global trade The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the international body charged with overseeing and enforcing the rules of world trade as drawn up during the four decades of GATT negotiations.
Given the impact that globalisation combined with economic rationalist policies have had on workers' wages, conditions, safety standards and basic rights, the global union movement is calling for additional regulation of international trading laws.
Trade unions globally are pushing for a set of rules stipulating the minimum labour standards to be included in the rules of world trade enforced by the WTO. Including core labour standards would enforce several key ILO Conventions such as the right for workers to join a trade union and bargain collectively, and the banning of child labour, as well as banning slave labour, prison labour and discrimination in the workplace.
3. Get rid of poverty Many things are needed to overcome global poverty, but two urgent steps are:
a) Get rid of Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs): When a country has a balance of payments difficulty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) implements a SAP for that country. This IMF program usually demands cuts to government social spending such as health and education, spending cuts which impact hardest on the poorest.
b) Restructure Third World Debt. The repayments of the poorest and most indebted countries should be redirected into spending on local health and education rather than to Western bankers. An international campaign aims to cancel the debts of the poorest countries - see the Jubilee Australia website for details and to get involved.
4. Strengthen unions Trade unions also play a crucial role in preventing and eliminating child labour. Adult workers who have the right to organise, negotiate and bargain for a living wage do not have to send their children to work. Where strong unions exist, child labour is diminished. Unions not only strongly oppose child labour on the grounds of social justice, they also resist the hiring of children at wages that undermine their own.
5. Consumer education As consumers, we are the driving force behind the global economy - let's drive it the right direction. We can raise awareness, we can question stores about the labour conditions under which their goods were made, and we can demand proper labelling. If they can tell us what's in a product, they can also tell us who made it. Where labelling exists (eg, Rugmark for hand woven carpets) support these products. Pester multinational companies to adopt codes of conduct for themselves and their subcontractors.
6. Ban the worst forms of child labour Demand the government support the ILO Convention 182 banning the worst forms of child labour such as bonded labour, work in heavy industry or with dangerous substances and commercial sexual exploitation.
7. Give the jobs of child workers to their adult relatives This way, the family does not suffer, and indeed should be better off, as adult wages are generally much higher than child wages.
8. Campaign on specific industries It's hard to take on the whole global economy, so just work industry by industry. Recent ACTU and international union campaigns have involved sporting goods made by child labour, medical instruments made by children (often exported to Australia) and the gem polishing industry in India where children polish diamonds, often sourced from Australia's Argyle diamond mine. Another recent campaign has involved the role of children in citrus juice production in Brazil.
9. Join the Fair Wear campaign Where exploitative child labour does exist in Australia, it is predominantly in the outsourced clothing industry. The Fair Wear Campaign is a coalition of unions, churches and community organisations. It works in association with the Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union and uses consumer pressure to fight for the rights of all homebased outworkers. Contact the Fair Wear Campaign for further details.
10. Education and training for women All studies show that when women are educated, trained and empowered, the incidence of labour by their children, especially girl children, drops dramatically. Your union's overseas aid agency, Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA - has many projects assisting skills training for women. Support them.
11. Our overseas aid The Australian government's overseas aid budget is approximately $1.8 billion per year. This should give it leverage to encourage other governments to enact and enforce adequate legislation banning child labour. We need to demand that a greater share of this budget goes to non-government aid agencies for primary education and teacher training, rather than to big, for-profit companies and to subsidising middle class students to study in our universities.
Some information gathered from http://hubpages.com/hub/Stop_child_labour
2. Regulate global trade The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the international body charged with overseeing and enforcing the rules of world trade as drawn up during the four decades of GATT negotiations.
Given the impact that globalisation combined with economic rationalist policies have had on workers' wages, conditions, safety standards and basic rights, the global union movement is calling for additional regulation of international trading laws.
Trade unions globally are pushing for a set of rules stipulating the minimum labour standards to be included in the rules of world trade enforced by the WTO. Including core labour standards would enforce several key ILO Conventions such as the right for workers to join a trade union and bargain collectively, and the banning of child labour, as well as banning slave labour, prison labour and discrimination in the workplace.
3. Get rid of poverty Many things are needed to overcome global poverty, but two urgent steps are:
a) Get rid of Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs): When a country has a balance of payments difficulty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) implements a SAP for that country. This IMF program usually demands cuts to government social spending such as health and education, spending cuts which impact hardest on the poorest.
b) Restructure Third World Debt. The repayments of the poorest and most indebted countries should be redirected into spending on local health and education rather than to Western bankers. An international campaign aims to cancel the debts of the poorest countries - see the Jubilee Australia website for details and to get involved.
4. Strengthen unions Trade unions also play a crucial role in preventing and eliminating child labour. Adult workers who have the right to organise, negotiate and bargain for a living wage do not have to send their children to work. Where strong unions exist, child labour is diminished. Unions not only strongly oppose child labour on the grounds of social justice, they also resist the hiring of children at wages that undermine their own.
5. Consumer education As consumers, we are the driving force behind the global economy - let's drive it the right direction. We can raise awareness, we can question stores about the labour conditions under which their goods were made, and we can demand proper labelling. If they can tell us what's in a product, they can also tell us who made it. Where labelling exists (eg, Rugmark for hand woven carpets) support these products. Pester multinational companies to adopt codes of conduct for themselves and their subcontractors.
6. Ban the worst forms of child labour Demand the government support the ILO Convention 182 banning the worst forms of child labour such as bonded labour, work in heavy industry or with dangerous substances and commercial sexual exploitation.
7. Give the jobs of child workers to their adult relatives This way, the family does not suffer, and indeed should be better off, as adult wages are generally much higher than child wages.
8. Campaign on specific industries It's hard to take on the whole global economy, so just work industry by industry. Recent ACTU and international union campaigns have involved sporting goods made by child labour, medical instruments made by children (often exported to Australia) and the gem polishing industry in India where children polish diamonds, often sourced from Australia's Argyle diamond mine. Another recent campaign has involved the role of children in citrus juice production in Brazil.
9. Join the Fair Wear campaign Where exploitative child labour does exist in Australia, it is predominantly in the outsourced clothing industry. The Fair Wear Campaign is a coalition of unions, churches and community organisations. It works in association with the Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union and uses consumer pressure to fight for the rights of all homebased outworkers. Contact the Fair Wear Campaign for further details.
10. Education and training for women All studies show that when women are educated, trained and empowered, the incidence of labour by their children, especially girl children, drops dramatically. Your union's overseas aid agency, Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA - has many projects assisting skills training for women. Support them.
11. Our overseas aid The Australian government's overseas aid budget is approximately $1.8 billion per year. This should give it leverage to encourage other governments to enact and enforce adequate legislation banning child labour. We need to demand that a greater share of this budget goes to non-government aid agencies for primary education and teacher training, rather than to big, for-profit companies and to subsidising middle class students to study in our universities.
Some information gathered from http://hubpages.com/hub/Stop_child_labour
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Child working ages in Canada
http://www.naalc.org/migrant/english/pdf/mgcanchl_en.pdf
This is a special site with some facts about what age and where you can work when you reach a certain age. Child Labour is illegal in Canada, But I am sure that there are at least some factories hiding it from the rest of the world. This is a haneous crime, especially for Canadians to commit because people think of Cnada as a place that will obey the law, and will be trusted.
This is a special site with some facts about what age and where you can work when you reach a certain age. Child Labour is illegal in Canada, But I am sure that there are at least some factories hiding it from the rest of the world. This is a haneous crime, especially for Canadians to commit because people think of Cnada as a place that will obey the law, and will be trusted.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Top five ways to stop child labour
1. Don't buy products made by children(ie rugs, certain clothes and shoes)
2. Do not support child labour by not buying products made by those companies, even if that particular prodduct is made by machines
3. Try to take a stand and help out organizations likr Free the Children
4. Donate to adopt a child so they never have to expiriance child labour
5. Don't start child labour in Canada! it is illigeal and morally wrong
2. Do not support child labour by not buying products made by those companies, even if that particular prodduct is made by machines
3. Try to take a stand and help out organizations likr Free the Children
4. Donate to adopt a child so they never have to expiriance child labour
5. Don't start child labour in Canada! it is illigeal and morally wrong
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