Question

poverty causes child labour

Answer 1

Child labor is recognized as the worst form of abuse and exploitation of children. The Convention on rights of child (CRC) urges the governments to take effective measures for its eradication. Child labor is pervasive problem in developing countries. Africa and Asia account for over 90% of total child employment. The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that number of working children are about 250 million in the developing countries, of whom at least 120 million are working full time. Of these working children 61% are in Asia, 32% in Africa and 7% in Latin America. In Pakistan about eight million children are working in different occupations and two third of them are employed full time. The fundamental rights of child as survival, education, protection and development are grossly violated by child labor. The root cause of child labor is extreme poverty which forces the parents to employ their children for some extra money for daily living. This study was designed to collect information on dimensions of working children and to establish relation between poverty and child labor in Pakistan.

Answer 2

Poverty means there is no enough money even for spending on basic things. So people look for various jobs to earn money. Subsequently children are forced to work in shops under family circumstances.