Is Child Labor the Future?
William Wordsworth said in his emotions, 'Child is the father of man'. The present scenario delivers a rather different story. Child labor is one of that evil which has affected the human society. It has been going on since a long time, still not being given any attention despite regular measures. Asia has 61% of the child labor around the world.
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. Despite the help offered by few organizations, it's largely taken for granted and no substantial effort has been put in this direction to overcome it and give the children of this world a better chance.
Exploitation of children in commercial sex trade remains the worst form of child labor in Asia. UNICEF estimates that 1 million children are lured into sex trade in Asia every year, wherein 40% were sold by parents and 15% by their relatives. This happens mainly due to poor financial condition of the family, where the traffickers take the advantage and sell these children. Thailand is the base for children trafficked from Laos, Cambodia, Burma, and China. The children work as prostitutes, household helpers, in factories, farms, fishing vessels, drug trafficking.
Bonded child labor is extensively rooted in socio-cultural and political structures in parts of South Asia. Child abuse in name of domestic work is rampant in Asia. The young are exposed to hazards while doing heavy household work and are usual victims of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse and is most difficult to see as they are restrained within the privacy of our homes.
The rise in the incidences of internal armed conflicts in several Asian countries has resulted in even more exposure of children to armed groups as soldiers, spies, porters and helpers in camps, subjected to abusive treatments in Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Nepal.
Ordinary people can also help fight for the cause by learning about the issue, help organizations that are raising awareness, providing direct help to individual children. It can be decreased by increasing the family incomes; education - impart skills to help them earn a living, family control - so that families are not burdened by children.
The International Labor Organization holds International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) has explored many programs to help child laborers. Strong advocates of this approach are Boyden, Myers and Ling; Concerned for Working Children in Karnataka, India; many children's 'unions' and 'movements' and the Save the Children family of NGO.
It is time to think about the future of these little children and contribute in this direction so that no more children work on the streets. Let us all pledge to give them their childhood back, their lost innocence and smile. Let us give them education to light their hearts and this world to make it a better place to live in.
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| | | | | I am not for child labor, but I am stronly inclined to think that a certain amount of labor, at times even hard labor would not hurt. It is good for raising kids with the right attitude, teaching them that good things don't come themselves, you need to work hard to achieve them. Of course, it is not about commercial exploitation. This should be prevented. |
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