LAST MODIFIED: 25 April 2022 DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199791231-0092Introduction Approaches to research on child labor, and the development of appropriate action to combat it, have shifted in the past few decades. Children’s labor was previously considered “natural” as an inherent aspect of being ...
The meaning of CHILD LABOR is the employment of a child in a business or industry especially in violation of state or federal statutes prohibiting the employment of children under a specified age.
Children engaged in child labor, including child domestic workers, are particularly vulnerable to different forms of violence, exploitation, and neglect [3]. Child domestic workers are defined as children younger than 18 years who are engaged in domestic work outside the home of their own family ...
A recent evidence review by Boutin et al. (2022) suggested that certain methodological approaches that focused narrowly on physical health or educational outcomes risked missing the interdependent nature of the effects, resulting in either overestimations or underestimations of impact [12]. Despite the...
From 1902 to 1915, child labor committees emphasized reform through state legislatures. Many laws restricting child labor were passed as part of theProgressive Era reform movement. But many Southern states resisted, leading to the decision to work for a federal child labor law. While Congress pass...
A 2022 investigation found “at least four major” auto parts suppliers to car makers Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia in Alabama had utilized child labor in recent years. “At plants owned by Korean auto-parts maker Ajin Industrial Co, in the east Alabama town of Cusseta, a former production...
The present article throws light upon the scenario of child labor in India, a serious and enormously complex social issue of the country. Specifying the official statistics about the prevalence of the problem in the Indian society, it argues how working children are denied of their basic rights ...
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Child Labor Public Domain Poverty was part of life for many Victorian people. It was reflected in everyday life. Since industrialisation called for cheap labour, children were forced to work from very young age in working environmnent that negatively influenced their health. People viewed poverty ...