ChildLabour

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Child Labor laws have been referred to as “one of the most urgent challenges of

our time”. Child labor persists today because there remains a wall of silence about

it, apathy, and indifference. Children are the greatest gift to humanity. They need

to go to school, so they can get an education, not work. Child labor is a serious problem that is

happening in many countries. Many children are doing work that is damaging to their mental,

physical and emotional well-being. Most of the child laborers suffer miserable and difficult lives. They

do not go to school, instead they work jobs and make little money that they give to their poor

families. Nearly 75% of children who are involved in child labor are involved in the worst forms of it.

Some of the worst forms of child labor include, trafficking, armed conflict, slavery, sexual

exploitation, and hazardous work. Children, families, and the economy all suffer because of child

labor.

World Leaders should try to resolve this problem because this is very unethical, it is detrimental to

the children, and it is making countries poorer. The ILO has discovered that the elimination of child

labor would yield enormous benefits. According to the IPEC, the elimination of child labor would

yield an internal return rate of 44% and the benefits would be almost seven times the cost of

eliminating it. By eliminating child labor, reducing poverty, providing work for parents, and by

providing universal education for children, there will be a significant improvement in the social,

economic and health of a country and its people. We need to put an end to child labor right now.

It is estimated that in Africa and Asia account for 93% of child laborers aged 5-14

years old (facts on child labor). Sub Saharan Africa accounts for the largest

proportion of working children, of about 48 million (facts on child labor). Many

of these children die young from work-related deaths and still others have no

future or opportunity of education.

By eliminating child labor, reducing poverty, providing work for parents, and by providing universal

education for children, there will be a significant improvement in the social, economic and health of a

country and its people. We need to put an end to child labor right now.

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