Research and Mind Maps

Child labour is a growing concern in today’s world with more and more kids being employed in the labour sector due to an increase in parental education which increases the unemployment rate of adults that eventually lead to children being employed in the primary industries as that is the place where a less amount of skill is required and the kids also demand in less payment, therefore, benefitting companies.

Some of the countries that we looked into were India, Bangladesh, Congo, Nigeria and UK. These countries were chosen for our research due to the Socio-economic reasons and the lack of education.

The countries of India and Bangladesh have massive child labour issues with over 12.6 million child laborers hired mainly in the mining, fireworks and weaving industries just because the cost of labour is lower and kids with their smaller hands are better suited for the job. Furthermore, these laborers are not even provided with basic sanitation and food requirements let alone education till primary school. Even the giant sports brand ‘Nike’ has employed mainly kids to manufacture their products in the Asian Sub-Continent.

While on the other hand, it is mainly due to economic reasons that over 20 million children are made to beg on the streets or become street vendors.

Child labour was thriving in the UK during the mid-nineteen due to the start of the industrial revolution where coal was in high demand. Though the number of child laborers has seen a drastic decrease but some of them still are employed in small primary sectors.

Though the world has not lost hope as organizations such as the ILO (International Labour Organization), IPEC (International Program to Eliminate Child Labour) and the UN HRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) are all working towards upholding the rights of child labourers and due to this the number of child workers has seen a steady but fast decrease. The UN also observes June 12^th as the International Day against Child Labourers.