Compute the increased and decreased percentage of children deprived of their rights in India . collect and analyse data of at least 5 categories of violation during the span of 10 years.
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Violations of children's rights remain tragically common across the world. This entry presents data on this topic.
We cover data on physical and emotional violence against children, as well as data on other common violations of children's rights, including child labor and child marriage.
Empirical View
Child Labor
We cover this subject in detail in our data entry on Child Labor where you can read more about this topic. Here we provide an overview.
Child labor has declined in the long run
How common is it today for children to work?
Many children across the world are defined as economically active. In the visualisation below we show the share of children aged 7-14 who are involved in economic activity for at least one hour per week. In high prevalence countries - such as in Cameroon - 6 out of every 10 children ages 7-14 work at least one hour per week.
In general, work among children tends to be more common in the poorest countries.
Where do children work?
Seven in ten children in child labour are working in agriculture. This work relates mainly to subsistence and commercial farming and herding livestock, and is often hazardous.
Child labour distribution by age group and economic sector – Global estimates of child labour, ILO (2017)1
Child labor age sector ilo 2017
Contrary to popular perception, most working children in the world (more than two-thirds) are unpaid family workers, rather than paid workers in manufacturing establishments or other forms of wage employment.
Breakdown of ILO-IPEC global estimates of child labour by employment status in 2012- Marking Progress Against Child Labour (2013)
Breakdown of ILO's 2012 global estimates of child labour by employment status
How much do working children work?
Working hours of children vary widely between countries. For working children, this can range from 2-3 hours to more than 30 hours per week, as in Bangladesh.
The incidence of child labor in a country is a weak predictor of the average number of hours worked by children in the same country. For example, Bangladesh and Ukraine both have a similar proportion of children who work; but in the former case, children tend to work ten times the number of hours.
Violent discipline
What counts as violent discipline?
The two main forms of violent discipline are corporal punishment and psychological violence.
According to UNICEF, physical discipline, also known as 'corporal punishment' refers to any punishment in which physical force is used to cause any degree of pain or discomfort. It includes, for example, pinching, spanking, hitting children with a hand, or forcing them to ingest something.
Violent psychological discipline involves "the use of verbal aggression, threats, intimidation, denigration, ridicule, guilt, humiliation, withdrawal of love or emotional manipulation to control children".
Violent discipline is a violation of a child’s right to protection from all forms of violence while in the care of their parents or other caregivers, as set forth in the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child.
How common is violent discipline at home?
The two main forms of violent discipline are corporal punishment and psychological violence. Around the world, children are subject to one or both of these. The available data suggests that in some countries, violent discipline is the norm.