23 Facts About Child labour

Child labour refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful.

The vast majority of child labour is found in rural settings and informal urban economies; children are predominantly employed by their parents, rather than factories.

Child labour played an important role in the Industrial Revolution from its outset, often brought about by economic hardship.

The regulation of child labour began from the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution.

Some 60 percent of the child labour was involved in agricultural activities such as farming, dairy, fisheries and forestry.

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Accurate present day child labour information is difficult to obtain because of disagreements between data sources as to what constitutes child labour.

China has enacted regulations to prevent child labour; still, the practice of child labour is reported to be a persistent problem within China, generally in agriculture and low-skill service sectors as well as small workshops and manufacturing enterprises.

In many cultures, particular where the informal economy and small household businesses thrive, the cultural tradition is that children follow in their parents' footsteps; child labour then is a means to learn and practice that trade from a very early age.

Systematic use of child labour was common place in the colonies of European powers between 1650 and 1950.

The Dutch East India Company officials rationalised their child labour abuses with, "it is a way to save these children from a worse fate.

Child labour has been a consistent struggle for children in Brazil ever since Portuguese colonization in the region began in 1500.

Free or slave Child labour was a common occurrence for many youths and was a part of their everyday lives as they grew into adulthood.

Child labour first started to occur in England when household businesses were turned into local labour markets that mass-produced the once homemade goods.

An Ecuadorean study published in 2006 found child labour to be one of the main environmental problems affecting children's health.

Child labour existed in the Netherlands up to and through the Industrial Revolution.

Amongst the key initiative is the so-called time-bounded programme countries, where child labour is most prevalent and schooling opportunities lacking.

Child labour is not a choice, it is a necessity, the only option for survival.

Child labour claimed it has a strict policy whereby all copper was mined correctly, placed in bags with numbered seals and then sent to the smelter.

GAP's policy, the report claimed, is that if it discovers child labour was used by its supplier in its branded clothes, the contractor must remove the child from the workplace, provide them with access to schooling and a wage, and guarantee the opportunity of work on reaching a legal working age.

In 2007, The New York Times reported that GAP, after the child labour discovery, created a $200, 000 grant to improve working conditions in the supplier community.

So, while the struggle to end child labour is necessary, getting there often requires taking different routes—and, sadly, there are many political obstacles.

International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, founded in 1992, aims to eliminate child labour.

IPEC works with international and government agencies, NGOs, the media, and children and their families to end child labour and provide children with education and assistance.