HRE 4M1Independent Student ProjectJoanne FanXihai LuoAlexis MitriSam Zhang

CHILD LABOUR

SHORT VIDEO

DEFINING CHILD LABOUR

COMPLEX ISSUE WITH A COMPLEX DEFINITION!!!

DEFINING CHILD LABOUR

DEPRIVES CHILDREN OF THEIR CHILDHOOD

DEFINING CHILD LABOUR

DISTURBS CHILDREN EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY

DEFINING CHILD LABOUR

IS THE “KEY” TO CHEAP LABOUR

Child Labour….

90%

SEVERE…HARSH...

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR

INVOLVES NUMEROUS FACTORS

CAUSE !!

Factors of child labour

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON…

Statistics

168,000,000Child labourers,5-17 years old

Child Labour by Region

MENA: Middle East & North Africa

LAC: Latin America/Caribbean

Child Labour by Age

Children in the 5-11 years age group account for by far the largest share, approximately 73 million or 44% of the total child labour population.

Economic Activity

Rerum Novarum & Child Labour

"And, in regard to children, great care should be taken not to place them in workshops and factories until their bodies and minds are sufficiently developed. For, just as very rough weather destroys the buds of spring, so does too early an experience of life's hard toil blight the young promise of a child's faculties, and render any true education impossible." 

- RERUM NOVARUM

Catholic Social Teachings

Life and Dignity of Human Persons

Rights and Responsibilities

Option for the poor

The dignity of work and the rights of workers

Churches’ Perspectives

Pope Francis has launched an appeal against child labor, calling it an “deplorable " during June, 2013. He made his comments on phenomenon World Day Against Child Labor, a day created by the United Nation’s International Labor Organization.

The Dark Side of Chocolate

CHOCOLATE … THINK AGAIN!

TRAFFICKING

COCAO PLANTATIONS

42%

CHOCOLATE… THINK AGAIN!

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LIGHTENING! F.A.C.T.S.

14 MILLION CHILDREN

60% INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE

HANDLE EXPLOSIVES

F.A.C.T.S.Some employers include…

And more….

I NEVER KNEW THAT!

WHAAAAAAAAA……………..

Other Perspectives

- VICTOR CHIPANI IS A 11 YEAR OLD BOY WHO SPENDS HIS DAY ROUNDING UP HOARDS OF PEOPLE INTO BUSES

"But our current economic reality means we work to help our families, and our rights ought to be protected.“

- Noemi Gutlerrez (UNATSBO)

"I've been way more hurt playing soccer,“

- Victor Chipani

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

If we ban child labour around the world, including where it is most needed in, then how would we stop low income families in developing countries who heavily depends on child labour from going hungry?

What is your stance on child labour overall?

Thank you for your time!

WORKS CITED

"Resources for Speakers, Global Issues, Africa, Ageing, Agriculture, Aids, Atomic Energy, Children, Climate Change, Culture, Decolonization, Demining, Development, Disabilities, Disarmament, Environment, Food, Governance, Humanitarian, Refugees, Women." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/index.shtml>.

"Leo XIII - Rerum Novarum." Leo XIII - Rerum Novarum. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html>.

"Share." Pope Calls for End to 'plague' of Child Labor. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-calls-for-end-to-plague-of-child-labor/>.

Alto, Jean Friedman-Rudovsky / El. "In Latin America, Looking at the Positive Side of Child Labor." Time. Time Inc., 16 Nov. 2011. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. <http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C2099200%2C00.html>

"Marking Progress against Child Labour: Global Estimates and Trends 2000 - 2012." Ilo.org. International Labour Office, 2013. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---ipec/documents/publication/wcms_221513.pdf>.

"Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching." Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. <http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching.cfm>.

WORKS CITED

Clark-Bennett, Robin, Carol Hodne, and Jennifer Sherer. "What Is Child Labor?" The Child Labor Education Project. University of Iowa, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2014. <https://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/what_is_child_labor.html>

"Child Labour." UN. UN, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2014. <http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/>.

"What Is Child Labour." International Labour Organization. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2014. <http://www.ilo.org/ipec/facts/lang--en/index.htm>

The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments. Oxford: Oxford University, 1999. Print.

Jit, Sharma. Child Labour: Study Guide for General Paper. N.p.: Creative Commons, 2012. Print.