Child Labour By: Ethan Gillis

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood interferes with their ability to attend regular school and that is mentally physically socially or morally dangerous and harmful. Considerable differences exist between the many kinds of work children do. What is Child Labour

Where Does Child Labour Occur? 114 million child labourers live in Asia 14 million live in Latin America 65 million live in Sub-Saharan Africa Where Does Child Labour Occur?

What the impact on the Global Community In 1999 the International Labour Organization adopted Convention 182 on the Prohibition and Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Which include slavery child prostitution recruitment of child soldiers child pornography and others forms of work likely to harm the health safety or morals of children. What the impact on the Global Community

1. We can ask sellers where they get their products from. 2. Don’t buy product made from child labourers (putting sellers out of business) 3. Set laws in countries that support child labour. 4. Raise awareness. How to Solve it

Children’s rights have earned increased attention across the United Nations spectrum. Resolutions on the rights of the child have been adopted at both the Human rights council. Children Rights

Canada participated in the drafting of this convention ratified it in 2000 and encourages countries which have not yet done so to sign and ratify the agreement. Global Issue

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http://www. international. gc http://www.international.gc.ca/rights-droits/kids-enfants/labour-travail.aspx?lang=eng http://www.canadianlabour.ca/news-room/publications/facts-child-labour www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour Sources Used

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