Portray why a child is forced to labour and list the ways to eradicate child labour.
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Explanation:
About child labour
‘Child Labour’ is work performed by a child that is likely to interfere with his or her right to education, or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. All work done by children under the age of 15 and dangerous work done by children under the age of 18 is illegal. Child labor is prohibited under international treaties and agreements.
Child labour in numbers
According to estimates by the International Labour Organisation (2017), there are 152 million children, aged between 5 and 17, subject to child labour.
Almost 1 in 10 children between the age of 5 and 17 years old have to work
About 4.3 million children aged below 18 years are in forced labour
70.9% works in agriculture
17.2% in the service sector
11.9% in heavy industry
Most child labour takes place in the informal sector
Nearly 70% of the children does unpaid work supporting their family