Child Labour - Wrangler Surgical CSR
WRANGLER SURGICAL CSR – Child Labour: Understanding The Issue
CHILD LABOUR: IDENTIFYING THE CHARACTERISTICS
- Breaking a country’s legal age
- Danger to children’s health (whether physical, psychological, or behavioural).
- Severe forms of mistreatment, such as those seen in child slavery, exploitation, debt bonding, slave labour, and criminal activity
- It discourages kids from going to school.
- Making use of children to subvert labour norms
Child Labour: Are Schooling & Labour casually related?
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AGRICULTURE.
Children are often hired to work in commercial agriculture, even though this puts them in dangerous situations like heat and pesticide exposure, pays them low wages, and leaves them without basic amenities like clean water and good sanitation. Child labour accounts for 60% of all agriculture, mining, and forestry labour. The following child labour is reported:
The Ivory Coast’s cocoa
Egyptian and Beninese cotton
Flower cutting in Colombia
Brazil’s oranges
Ethiopian tea and Bangladeshi tea
Pakistani-made medical instruments
Indian, Pakistani, and Egyptian carpets
Bangladeshi clothes, India, and the Philippines’ footwear
Pakistan’s soccer balls
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MANUFACTURING.
Children ages 5 to 14 are expected to work directly in the manufacturing sector in a variety of ways, including but not limited to the following:
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MINING AND QUARRYING.
Child labourers in mines, quarries, and open pits have significant sickness and injury rates. 6 to 7-year-olds crush rocks, wash, sift, and transport ore. Explosives are placed, and loads are carried by nine-year-olds working in a tunnel system. Among the many mining tasks that children do, we may name:
Mongolia’s coal
Charcoal from Brazil and El Salvador
Côte d’Ivoire diamonds
Colombian gold
Zimbabwe’s chrome
Emeritus in Colombia
Early Entry into Domestic Service
Connection to Child Trafficking
Forms of Harm in Domestic Child Labor
Need for Protection and Prevention
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DOMESTIC SERVICE.
Children ages 5 to 14 are expected to work directly in the manufacturing sector in a variety of ways, including but not limited to the following:
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THE HOSPITALITY, FOODSERVICE, AND RETAIL INDUSTRIES.
Controversial Engagement
Young people's involvement in the hospitality, foodservice, and retail industries sparks controversy due to the potential infringement on their legal employment rights.
Widespread Abuse:
There are indications of widespread abuse within these industries, highlighting the need for greater attention and intervention.
Connection to Prostitution:
Child labor in hotels and restaurants is linked to the issue of prostitution in tourist destinations, raising concerns about exploitation and vulnerability.
Insufficient Compensation:
Some young workers in these industries receive extremely low wages, leading them to borrow money from their employers. This practice often results in debt bondage due to strict repayment rules imposed by bosses.