GEO - Child labour

Child Labour

Causes, issues and consequenses of spatial variations in human wellbeing.

Factors contributiong to variations of human wellbeing

How many childrens are involved around the world?In which sectors of the economy does it exist?

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Impacts on human wellbeing

Are they getting any form of education?How long do they work per day?

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Future Patterns

How to improve chldren's well-beings?

Will child labour increase in the future?

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Responses by governments and non-government organisations

What are some governmental organisations that deal with child labour?What has the ILO done, what are some of their successes of reducing the numbers of child labour?

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IMPACTS ON HUMAN WELLBEING

How many childrens are involved around the world? In which sectors of the economy does it exist?

= Sectors: I believe that chliderens work places are most likely within the primary and the secondary sectors of the economy, as it contains more man labour in those areas.

= Reports: 'World Report on Child Labour (2013)' states that there are around 265 million working children around the world-almost 17% of the worldwide child population.

= Work: Mojority of the economy active children work in agriculture, forestry, or fishing.

= Factors that influence wellbeing: - Happy intimate relationship with a partner - Enough Sleep - Enough money

= Employed/unemployed Unpaid family workers: 68.4% Paid employment: 22.5% Self employment: 8.1% Other type of work but still child labour: 1.1%

Comparative graphs of child labour around the world

FACTORS CONTRIBUTIONG TO VARIATIONS OF HUMAN WELLBEING

Are they getting any form of education?How long do they work per day?

Children around the world that are not attending school around the world

Hazardous child labour: - Work that is carried out by children that is likely to harm the health, safety or morals - Work that exposes children to physical, psychological or sexual abuse - Work with dangerous machinery, equipment and tools - Working in an unhealthy environment (hazardous substances) - Working under difficult conditions such as work for long hours or during the night

Child Labour varies around the world, Taking in the fact their gender and age can have them performing different types of labour, according to a reseach made in 2016, 152 million children were in child labour and 73 million of those children wew in hazardous work, Africa was responsible for 19.6% of the 152 million child labourers; of the 152 million children in child labour 48% were from ages 5-11, 28% were ages 12-14 and 24% were 15-17 years of age; of those child labourers 58% (88 million) were males 42% (64 million) were females and of the labourous work they execute agriculture takes up 70.9% of the economic activity they do.

Future Patterns

Waht are some long term effects of child labour?

The IPEC was created in 1992 with the goal of the progressive elimination of child labour.

Injuries among Factory workers Rapid skeletal growth Development of organs and tissues Greater risk of hearing loss Developing risk ability to assess risks Greater need for food and rest Higher chemical absorption rates Smaller size Lower heat tolerance Metal Workers “Unskilled” and labour-intensive jobs may be risky Training and supervision may be inadequate Work may be illegal and inappropriate Lesser experience at work can increase the risk of accidents Agricultural Child labour Exposure to pesticides Working with machinery and sharp tools Lack of clean water, hand-washing facilities, and toilets Beginning to work at very early ages, often between 5-7 years of age Less restrictive standards for agricultural work

Future Patterns

How to improve children's well-being?

The IPEC was created in 1992 with the goal of the progressive elimination of child labour.

Injuries amoung young workers: One quarter of economically active children suffer injuries or illnesses while working according to the ILO survey on 26 countries

4 ways to support children's well-being: 1. Consider the whole child 2. Prioritize social and emotional learning 3. Confront bias 4. Invest in mental health consultation

With the way that child labour is destroying many childrens well-being, there are some long term effects on the body from the work that they do regulary, the long term effect on children that work in factories could suffer from a rapid skeletal growth, greater risk of hearing loss, higher chemical absorption rates and lower heat tolerance. For metal workers you could experience many accidents due to the lack of experience and labour-intensive jobs may be risky. The long term effects on agricultural child labour are the exposure to pesticides, working with machinery and sharp tools and the lack of clean water, facilities and toilets. The four most basic ways to support their child’s well-being is to consider the child as a whole, prioritize their social and emotional learning, confront bias (clear about their beliefs, feelings and attitudes about others) and invest in mental and health consultation.

RESPONSES BY GOVERNMENTS AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS

What has the ILO done, what are some of their successes of reducing the numbers of child labour?

What are some governmental organisations that deal with child labour?

- Both the ILO and its member States commits themselves to the elimination of all worst forms of child labour by 2016. - All member States would, in accordance with convection No. 182, design and put in place appropriate time-bound measures by the end of 2008.

- Supporting national responses to child labour Deepening and strengthening of the worldwide movement as a catalyst - Promoting futher integration of child labour concerns within overall ILO priorities, such as Decent Work Country Programmes