What are conditions of child labor?

Answer 1

many jobs were unsafe

Answer 2

Listed are some quick facts about child labour.

• Globally, 218 million children are child labourers.

• 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work.

• 73 million working children are less than 10 years old.

• Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.

• The largest number of working children-122 million-are in the Asia-Pacific region.

• The highest proportion of working children is in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one third of the children aged 14 and under (48 million children) are in the labour force.

• 8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities.

• The number of children involved in armed conflicts has increased to about 300,000 over the past decade.

• Between 40 and 50 per cent of all forced labourers are chidren.

• 1.2 million of these children have been trafficked (bought and/or sold).

• Nearly 70% are in agriculture (rural children, especially girls, usually start working in this industry when they are very young, often between 5 and 7 years of age).

• 22% are in services, including wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, personal services, etc.

• 9% are in industry, including mining and quarrying, manufacturing and construction.

• In developed countries, more then 16% of the children suffer through child labour in their whole life.

Answer 3

1.8 Million Children work on the cocoa bean farms in Africa. Lots of the children work to help support their families that are affected by poverty. 41 percent of children in Africa are at work. About 246 million children aged 5-17 years are use for child labour around the world.

Answer 4

The working environment of the employed generally includes long hours of work, low wages , poor facilities and even physical and mental abuse.

Answer 5

Bad hours poor conditions and no pay realy bad :(

Answer 6

many jobs were unsafe >>> apex