what do you mean by child labour? what are its causes
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Hey dude,
What is Child Labour:
❦The use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane.
Causes of Child Labour:
❦Poverty and unemployment levels are high
❦Access to compulsory, free education is limited
❦Existing laws or codes of conduct are often violated
❦Laws and enforcement are often inadequate
❦National Laws Often Include Exemptions
❦Workers' rights are repressed
❦The global economy intensifies the effects of some factors.
@Adrien Marinette
Answer:
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 or morally harmful.[3] Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation worldwide,[4][5] although these laws do not consider all work by children as child labour; exceptions include work by child artists, family duties, supervised training, and some forms of child work practiced by Amish children, as well as by Indigenous children in the Americas.
Primary causes
Primary causesInternational Labour Organization (ILO) suggests poverty is the greatest single cause behind child labour.[15] For impoverished households, income from a child's work is usually crucial for his or her own survival or for that of the household. Income from working children, even if small, may be between 25 and 40% of the household income. Other scholars such as Harsch on African child labour, and Edmonds and Pavcnik on global child labour have reached the same conclusion.
Cultural causes
Cultural causesIn European history when child labour was common, as well as in contemporary child labour of modern world, certain cultural beliefs have rationalised child labour and thereby encouraged it. Some view that work is good for the character-building and skill development of children.