Child Labour
Abstract
The primary objective of this essay is to investigate what has caused child labour to become a glaring issue in our society until the present day and look at possible solutions. A lot has been done but little achieved in this ongoing fight. Many international organisations such as ILO and UNICEF are deeply concerned by rising child labour in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to name but a few. Children work for many reasons, the most important being poverty and the pressure suffered by them to escape from it. Many of these children endure lives of complete and utter deprivation and abuse. However, there are problems with the intuitive solution of instantly abolishing child labour to prevent such abuse, as the conclusion at the end of this essay will later identify.
Literature Review
The problem that my research will address is why has child labour increased in some countries in recent years and what are the solutions to these causes. The main sources of information that I have identified as relevant are mainly websites set up by international organisations such as ILO, OECD and UNICEF.
Accelerating action against child labour, ILO Global Report 2010 This is a global report that offers comprehensive data and analysis on the problem of child labour. The author is the International Labour Organisation and it is considered to be of high authority. It is mainly quantitative in its approach and deals with methodology, policy formation as well as execution. The report consists of four parts. Part one discusses changes in global trends that have occurred since 2006 Global Report was published. Part two reviews the progress made in implementing the Global Action Plan. Part three identifies major challenges and how they can be addressed. Finally, part four examines steps to be taken toward the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016. The language used in the report is rational. The report contains a lot of
The primary objective of this essay is to investigate what has caused child labour to become a glaring issue in our society until the present day and look at possible solutions. A lot has been done but little achieved in this ongoing fight. Many international organisations such as ILO and UNICEF are deeply concerned by rising child labour in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to name but a few. Children work for many reasons, the most important being poverty and the pressure suffered by them to escape from it. Many of these children endure lives of complete and utter deprivation and abuse. However, there are problems with the intuitive solution of instantly abolishing child labour to prevent such abuse, as the conclusion at the end of this essay will later identify.
Literature Review
The problem that my research will address is why has child labour increased in some countries in recent years and what are the solutions to these causes. The main sources of information that I have identified as relevant are mainly websites set up by international organisations such as ILO, OECD and UNICEF.
Accelerating action against child labour, ILO Global Report 2010 This is a global report that offers comprehensive data and analysis on the problem of child labour. The author is the International Labour Organisation and it is considered to be of high authority. It is mainly quantitative in its approach and deals with methodology, policy formation as well as execution. The report consists of four parts. Part one discusses changes in global trends that have occurred since 2006 Global Report was published. Part two reviews the progress made in implementing the Global Action Plan. Part three identifies major challenges and how they can be addressed. Finally, part four examines steps to be taken toward the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016. The language used in the report is rational. The report contains a lot of