The International Labour Organization (ILO) has estimated that 218 million children between the ages of five and seventeen work in developing countries. Of these, 122.3 million children work in the Asia-Pacific region, 49.3 million work in Sub-Saharan Africa, and 5.7 million work in Latin America and the Caribbean. Most working children in rural areas are found in agriculture; many children work as domestics; urban children work in trade and services, with fewer in manufacturing and construction.
Child labor ranges from four-year-olds tied to rug looms to keep them from running away, to seventeen-year-olds helping out on the family farm. A child's work can be a positive experience in a child's growing up. This depends largely on the age of the child, the conditions in which the child works, and whether work prevents the child from going to school (http://hrw.org/children/labor.htm).
Some of these children are beaten and forced into slavery. As slaves these children would serve a government official or an owner of a piece of land. The children work on land to produce food for the owners to make profit. Some children are denied the right to leave the workplace and go home to their families. Some children risk their lives working in factories. This has caused children to have diseases and suffer major injuries due to the dangerous tools and machinery. Today, children in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America suffer from this cruel treatment. The United Nations has established Children’s Rights Laws to prevent children from being abused. Unfortunately, there are still children dieing and receiving no education due to terrible working conditions. More people can get involved by supporting Children’s Rights Laws and by reporting any signs of child labor to the United Nations. Hopefully, this would help children live a better life.
Child labor ranges from four-year-olds tied to rug looms to keep them from running away, to seventeen-year-olds helping out on the family farm. A child's work can be a positive experience in a child's growing up. This depends largely on the age of the child, the conditions in which the child works, and whether work prevents the child from going to school (http://hrw.org/children/labor.htm).
Some of these children are beaten and forced into slavery. As slaves these children would serve a government official or an owner of a piece of land. The children work on land to produce food for the owners to make profit. Some children are denied the right to leave the workplace and go home to their families. Some children risk their lives working in factories. This has caused children to have diseases and suffer major injuries due to the dangerous tools and machinery. Today, children in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America suffer from this cruel treatment. The United Nations has established Children’s Rights Laws to prevent children from being abused. Unfortunately, there are still children dieing and receiving no education due to terrible working conditions. More people can get involved by supporting Children’s Rights Laws and by reporting any signs of child labor to the United Nations. Hopefully, this would help children live a better life.
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