* Research the issues and become an expert in this focus area
* Explain how it is a global and local issue
* Describe how it relates to the MDG and the UN Conventions on the Rights of a Child
* Explain why it is important to address this issue and raise awareness as a BTC Leader; how can you make a difference?
It is important to spred awerness about a big issue child labor because if don't spred awerness the issue will get worse and more and more children our age will suffer from child abuse.
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It is important to spred awerness about chil labor because the problem will get worse and more and more children at our age will be abused and uncared for that is why we should spred awerness :)
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Child Labour is children that have to work many hours in unsafe conditions to help support their family with their basic needs such as food, shelter, water, and a safe environment.
ReplyDeleteThe Vow of Silence is taken to show that there are children around the world who are forced to work and do not have the privilege to speak or communicate in any way during the 10 or so hours they work each day.
Child labor is when small children (5-18) year olds are forced out of there homes to pay off there family's debt also they work in carpet looms, brick factories, clothing manufactories, and other things like that. Also there "masters" never let them go even if they pay off the dept.There masters say they will give them a good not proper education but never do.
ReplyDeleteYou have the right to have protection and help if you have been forced to leave your home and live in another country as well as all the rights in this Convention.
ReplyDeleteYour family has the right to help you learn to exercise your rights, and to ensure that your rights are protected.
we coped this pastied and then put it in our our own words
azara jacob @btc.com
Here are some facts that might come in use:
ReplyDelete-in least developed countries,30 percent of the children are in child labor
-126 million children work in hazardous factories
Julia
Here are some fact on child labour:
ReplyDeleteSix in one children 5-14 years old are involved in child labor in developing countries. Also about 16 percent of all children in this age group
126 million children are working in hazardous conditions worldwide, also often enduring beatings, humiliation and sexual violence by their employers.
I hope this information was useful/helpful
26.4% kids in Africa are in child labor and they have to go to work instead of school.
ReplyDeleteThere are over 8000 kids in the Democratic Republic of Congo who have to work in dangerous places with dangerous things like mechanical things.
74 million work in very dangerous places
azara and Tianna
26.4% kids in Africa are in child labor and they have to go to work instead of school.
ReplyDeleteThere are over 8000 kids in the Democratic Republic of Congo who have to work in dangerous places with dangerous things like mechanical things.
74 million work in very dangerous places
we found this information on youtube.ca and the video is called child labor
it's the first video there and it was on BBC world news.
Child Labor: 11 year-old Halima sews clothing for Hanes is a good vedio
ReplyDeleteWe found this information on a website called..
ReplyDeletehttp://www.compassion.com/child-advocacy/find-your-voice/quick-facts/child-labor-quick-facts.htm
The first fact we found was that 1 to 6 children from ages 5 to 14 years old are developed of child labor in developing
countries.
By: Aamarah, Sophie
Below is a link to a website that focusses on child labour and issues around the world.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.savethechildren.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/2011
If 30 percent of children in developing countries are involved in child labour, half of these kids are ages 5 to 14. This would mean that no one is protecting their rights. The laws either don't exist in the areas or are not being applied.
ReplyDeleteChild labour is an issue that happened here in the early 1900's. The website below shows pictures of kids working in factories or selling newspapers to earn money. We were then a developed country and still kids were forced to work. Things have changed because laws have been changed in America and Canada to make sure that children are not working but go to school.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
Here is a really great site for Child Labour Facts and I know I am not in this group but it is a great site for everyone's individual re-search groups: http://www.compassion.com/child-advocacy/find-your-voice/quick-facts/child-labor-quick-facts.htm
ReplyDeleteEveryone those websites that you guys posted I checked them out and they are all really good.
ReplyDeleteWorldwide there is a estimate of about 200 million child labour workers. In today's world there are about 9 year old coal miners and about 8 year old prostitutes, and majority of the prostitutes are mainly girls.
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Even though this article was written in 2004 it was not long ago. Children that lived in El Salvador who were forced into child labor suffered machete gashes on their hands and/or legs while cutting cane on sugar plantations. In 2004, Coca-Cola “has a code of conduct for its suppliers”, which is the direct supplier “will not use child labor as defined by local law,” but this does not apply to the suppliers’ suppliers.
ReplyDeleteUsing children to work during the harvest is a problem. The article states that “children who work on sugarcane plantations often miss the first several weeks or months of school. For example, a teacher in a rural community north of the capital San Salvador estimated that about 20 percent of her class did not attend school during the harvest. Other children drop out of school altogether. Some children who want to attend school are driven into hazardous work because it is the only way their families can afford the cost of their education”. Human Rights Watch brought this info into daylight. In conclusion some products are made by children forced into child labor.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2004/06/09/el-salvador-child-labor-sugar-plantations
What we can do to help prevent child labor is maybe build schools in other developing countries to help them get an education so in they can be able to hold a job and sustain themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe term Child Labor is used for employment of children below a certain age, which is considered illegal by law and custom. The stipulated (promised) age varies from country to country and government to government. Child labor is a world phenomenon which is considered exploitative and inhuman by many international organizations.
ReplyDeleteMini dictonary:
***stipulated***- To promise, in making an agreement.
***phenomenon***- Something great or a big event.
*** exploitative***- to be selfish or to act selfishly
The last comment was from Emmy, sophie and Amber! thanks :p <3
ReplyDeleteChild labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour.
ReplyDeleteI have found out that today throughout the world there are 215 million children that are working some full time in many many dangerous conditions. Also most of them have already given up school to work but still do not get payed enough for what they work for. Many of the workers do not receive a proper education or health care. They have not been given there right and to be themselves. Most of them are exposed tot the worst forms of child labour such as work in hazardous environments, slavery, or other forms of forced labour
ReplyDeleteA fact that I thought would be useful to our research:
-Twenty-six percent of all children in Africa 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.
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ReplyDeleteAn estimated 218 - 250 million, with an estimated 126 million working in hazardous conditions, these figures however cannot be accurately obtained as many of these children are hidden away.
In many developed countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works (excluding household chores, in a family shop, or school-related work). azara and tianna
ReplyDeleteThe incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25% to 10% between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank.The incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25% to 10% between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank.The incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25% to 10% between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank.
ReplyDeleteChild Labor: 11 year-old Halima sews clothing for Hanes is a good video because she is in child labour
ReplyDeleteThousands of children are at risk of hunger if more funding is not secured for the year ahead.Up to 25,000 women and children have fled inter-tribal violence and are hiding in the bush. Thousands of lives could have been saved if the world had acted on early warnigs that families in East Africa would face dangerous levels of hunger.
ReplyDeleteThis website below states that
ReplyDeleteThe ILO’s Conventions seek to protect children from exposure to child labour. Together with other international instruments relating to children’s, workers’ and human rights they provide an important framework for legislation established by national governments. However the ILO’s most recent global estimate is that 215 million children worldwide are involved in child labour, with more than half this number involved in its worst forms. The children concerned should be at school being educated, and acquiring skills that prepare them for decent work as adults. By entering the labour market prematurely, they are deprived of this critical education and training that can help to lift them, their families and communities out of a cycle of poverty. In its worst forms, child labourers may also be exposed to physical, psychological or moral suffering that can cause long term damage to their lives.
http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/wdacl/2012/lang--en/index.htm
Did you know that while most child labour is found in the developing regions of the world? For example child labour has
ReplyDeletebeen improving in the economy (country/region)
With all help from the world we can improve child labor.
Aamarah, Sophie
The Web Site From Our Earlier Comments Is Called: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/164047/howknow/..%5Cpdf%5Cfacts.pdf
ReplyDeleteChild labor is when kids all around the world mostly in developing countries are abused and forced to work for people and they are unable to attend school for any education it is most likely to happened to families that are extremely poor or to families that aren’t able to sustain themselves
ReplyDeleteAmber :D :D
Child labor is when children get hurt and have to work way more then they should! These children do not get the kind of opportunity we get today! For example, school or good food and water.
ReplyDeleteSOPHIE:)
I agree and we should instead of always thinking about what we need try to be thankful for what we have and think how we would feel if we where in that position of those kids in child labor.
DeleteJacob and Tianna
I think for child labour we should make a skit about a normal kid who goes through child labor and a normal kid today!That way students can learn and see how different our lives are and how lucky we are.This may inspier a student to try and help out with child labor.
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THE CHILD'S SERIES OF EVENTS (CYCLE):
ReplyDelete1. The child(ren) is in poverty with their family
2. Their parents earn less than $10 a day and the child(ren)(most girls)have to help them for example they go long distances to collect water
3. "Masters" come and buy the child(ren)for a small price, but bigger then what they usaly get (ex: Iqbal was sold for $16) and they are told that once their debt is paid of, they can leave. It never is.
4. The child(ren) work in hazardous conditions such as carpet looms, brick killens, assembleing factories...etc. They work long hours on less than $1 a day. This also includes cruel punishment, not enough to eat, no basic needs (proper health care) and (sexual) violence.
5. At around 15-18 years old, the child(ren)'s hands are no longer tiny enough and they are abandoned. They find a "job" start a family, and the cycle begins again
IMPORTANT FACTS:
This goes against most of the child(ren)'s rights, if not all
217.7 do not have access to school and are in bonded labour between 5-17
122.3drop out of school to suport their family
The child(ren) or at least most of them do not realise that they have rights, which ironicly also goes against their rights
Thankyou for reading!
-Bec