Workshop #10

What are they doing?

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An estimated 158 million children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labour - one in six children in the world. Millions of children are engaged in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working in mines, working with chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery. They are everywhere but invisible, toiling as domestic servants in homes, labouring behind the walls of workshops, hidden from view in plantations.

Working children are the object of extreme exploitation. They work the longest hours and are the worst paid of all labourers. They endure work conditions, which include health hazards and potential abuse. Many of them endure lives of pure deprivation. They are deprived of the simple joys of childhood, which together with hard work hinder their physical and mental development.

Poverty is the main cause of child labour but it is a symptom as well. Poor parents send their children to work for reasons of economic expediency. But the consequent denial of education blocks the escape route from poverty for the next generation of the household.

Other factors may provoke this cycle; for example, schools in poor countries are often inaccessible or prohibitively expensive, with inadequate teaching and classroom resources. Cultural pressures can undermine perception of the long-term value of education, especially for girl children.

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How old are the working children?

In which field do they work?

What do the working children suffer from?

What is the main cause of child labour?

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They are deprived of ...

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Other factors may provoke this cycle; for example...

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