Different forms of Child Labor
Child labor can be found in almost every industry around the world.
Agriculture
Worldwide 60 percent of all child laborers in the age group 5 - 17 years work in agriculture including farming, fishing, aquaculture, forestry, and livestock. Children can work as divers in the deep-sea fishing industry in Indonesia.They harvest bananas in Ecuador, cotton in Egypt, flowers in Colombia, tobacco in Mexico, oranges in Brazil, cocoa in the Ivory Coast, tea in Argentina and Bangladesh, and fruits and vegetables in the United States. Child agricultural workers comes with many health issue including frequently work for long hours in scorching heat, haul heavy loads of produce, are exposed to toxic pesticides, and suffer high rates of injury from sharp knives and other dangerous tools. Also there is little or no pay, and inadequate food, water, and sanitation.
Manufacturing
Many children make bricks or work in glass factories in India.They work in clothing factories in Bangladesh and shoe factories in the Philippines and India. Children make surgical instruments in Pakistan. They work in the match and firework industries in China, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru and India, and in many other jobs. With manufacturing some health issues could be having dangerous accideent leaving injury or permanant life longdamage. Loud noises over long can also cause hearing lost.
Mining & Quarrying
In mining children suffer extremely high illness and injury rates in underground mines, opencast mines, and quarries. Children as young as 6 or 7 years old break up rocks, and wash, sieve, and carry ore. Nine-year-olds work underground setting explosives and carrying loads. Children also work as scavengers in garbage dumps collecting cans, plastic bags, etc. in basket on their backs to sell. They and their families
work and even live in the dumps in many countries - the Philippines, Indonesia,
Cambodia, Thailand, Nepal, India, and Vietnam.
work and even live in the dumps in many countries - the Philippines, Indonesia,
Cambodia, Thailand, Nepal, India, and Vietnam.
Domestic Services
Many children, especially girls, work in domestic service, sometimes starting as
young as 5 or 6. This type of child labor is linked to child trafficking. Domestic child laborers can be victims of physical, emotional, and sometimes sexual abuse. And are bonded by debts to their employers. They work long hours with very little opportunity for rest. They are exposed to hazards while working. Child domestic work is one of the most hidden and hard to monitor forms of child abor, as these children work in the privacy of homes.
young as 5 or 6. This type of child labor is linked to child trafficking. Domestic child laborers can be victims of physical, emotional, and sometimes sexual abuse. And are bonded by debts to their employers. They work long hours with very little opportunity for rest. They are exposed to hazards while working. Child domestic work is one of the most hidden and hard to monitor forms of child abor, as these children work in the privacy of homes.
Hotels, Restaurants, and Retail
Some of the work of young people in this job is considered to be okay, but
there are indications of abuse. Low pay is the norm, and in some tourist
areas, children’s work in hotels and restaurants is linked to prostitution. In at least one example, child hotel workers received such low pay that they had to take out loans from their employers; the terms of the interest and repayment often led to debt bondage.
there are indications of abuse. Low pay is the norm, and in some tourist
areas, children’s work in hotels and restaurants is linked to prostitution. In at least one example, child hotel workers received such low pay that they had to take out loans from their employers; the terms of the interest and repayment often led to debt bondage.
“Unconditional Worst Forms” of Child Labor
Millions of children are involved in work that, under any circumstance, is
considered unacceptable for children, including the sale and trafficking of
children into debt bondage, serfdom, and forced labor. It includes the forced
recruitment of children for armed conflict, commercial sexual exploitation, and
illicit activities, such as producing and trafficking drugs. For example, both boys and girls are recruited as child soldiers in countries like Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Laos and the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, and Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Yemen, and Colombia. These children are not only sent to the front lines as combatants, but are also used as spies, servants, and camper helpers. Armed forces may exploit girls as sex slaves. Additionally, the tourism industry contributes to the prostitution of minors, for instance in Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, and the Philippines. In Cambodia, young girls work in cabarets and "karaokes" visited by Chinese and western visitors.
considered unacceptable for children, including the sale and trafficking of
children into debt bondage, serfdom, and forced labor. It includes the forced
recruitment of children for armed conflict, commercial sexual exploitation, and
illicit activities, such as producing and trafficking drugs. For example, both boys and girls are recruited as child soldiers in countries like Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Laos and the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, and Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Yemen, and Colombia. These children are not only sent to the front lines as combatants, but are also used as spies, servants, and camper helpers. Armed forces may exploit girls as sex slaves. Additionally, the tourism industry contributes to the prostitution of minors, for instance in Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, and the Philippines. In Cambodia, young girls work in cabarets and "karaokes" visited by Chinese and western visitors.