Essays on Child Labour

I assume most of us experienced a somewhat carefree childhood. Maybe you had to put your plate into the dishwasher or clean your room once in a while. However, besides that many had the opportunity to play with their new toys or go outside and…

 “Why does child labor happen?” It happens because the parents do not have enough money to eat or because they can’t take care of them, so they sell their kids to do underage working. Or they work to help their families. It could also happen…

Not including off-book numbers of child workers, more than 320 million children under sixteen are employed more than part-time, with only 25 percent of those children ever completing even an elementary level education. Child labor has long been a controversial subject, with much emotion and…

The practice of child labor has existed ever since the European colonization of Africa and has played a key role in the economy, specifically in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To this day, child labor remains widespread in the DRC’s society, in which more…

Revolution, the reformation of an existing constitution, has taken place throughout humankind’s history and varies enormously in terms of strategies, durations, and beliefs. One of the revolutions that created major modifications in human history was the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was the progression to…

This research is about explaining how the Industrial Revolution paved the way to improve workers’ labor conditions in the 1800s. The research question is, “How the Industrial Revolution Paved the Way for the Improvement of Working Conditions at the end of the XIX Century?” During…

The documentary ‘The Children Who Built Victorian Britain’ discusses the use of children slaves in the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. This documentary highlights the job the children had to do, where they came from, their inspiration, and the movement of laws against it. Before…

It is a common way to say that children are blessings to humankind and that childhood is a significant phase of their development as it holds the key to the fate of their future which is the future of any society. However, it is true…

Childhood is the most innocent part of any person’s life. It is the phase where human beings learn basics from language to character. However, not every child is able to get a safe and protective environment to develop into a young adult. In India, like…

Drip, drop; drip, drop. The sound of the sweat pouring down a young boys’ face brings to light a larger issue of dangerous work for young kids. From 1870-1900, children worked in unsafe conditions that led to a loss of limbs and overall health. Minors…

Children in Indian society have continually been a subject less spoken or mentioned. The explanations of an equivalent will be derived back to the socio-cultural background of the country. Within the world children are taken because the greatest gift to humanity. Childhood is a vital…

In 1993, Eritrea became its own state after a grueling war for Independence. Eritrea was officially liberated from Ethiopia in 1991. During their fight for freedom, the Eritrean people knew that they had to work together, despite some of their vast differences. Eritrea consists of…

The United States should assist in efforts to improve children’s lives by intervening in child labor and child soldier practices. For this to happen, one must: be aware of what human rights are, understand that children cannot advocate for themselves, be aware of cultural differences…

On his 5-hectare farm near Shamva, Oliver Namangwiya produces 4,300 kilograms of cured tobacco every year, earning at least $9,000 each season — 10 times the average annual income in the Southeastern African country of Zimbabwe. He rotates crops, plants 1.5 hectares of maize every…

Most of the women are employed in the informal industry like beedi rolling sector due to societal and cultural bias towards them that they have to be in home based works. In some regions of India, beedi making is largely regarded as “women’s work”, with…