"Many of the worst forms of child labor are a problem in India, Nepal and Pakistan, where RugMark operates. These include child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, bonded child labor, child domestic work and the recruitment and use of children for armed conflict or drug trafficking.
Demand for child labor is so high that desperate parents sell their children into bondage. According to UNICEF, 14% of children in India between the ages of 5 and 14 are engaged in child labor activities including carpet production.
"Many of the worst forms of child labor are a problem in India, Nepal and Pakistan, where RugMark operates. These include child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, bonded child labor, child domestic work and the recruitment and use of children for armed conflict or drug trafficking." |
While some people mistakenly think it is better when all members of a family work, child labor actually makes poverty worse. Child workers come cheaply and sometimes at no cost, and drive down wages for adult laborers. Plus children who work forfeit an education that could have helped them achieve a higher standard of living as adults. Child laborers are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, are subject to long hours of physically demanding and unrelenting work, and suffer from deprivation and poor health."
The previous information has all been taken from www.rugmark.org
When asked why child labor is an issue and why are you not focusing on war and other "important issues", the word exploitation comes to mind. When you have all kinds of problems taking place worldwide, and you still have factory owners exploiting and abusing young souls, it just does not sound right. When asked how different structures make child labor a problem, the answer is world problems such as global warming encourage the child abuse and exploitation. How is that possible? Environmental world problems such as global warming, and world conflicts such as war lead to poverty. Poverty is when a person does not have enough to eat which means they cannot work or live much longer because they are considered to be in a state of malnutrition. Poverty leads to the loss of jobs and the rise of child labor because adults cannot support their families or send their children to school, children have to work to support their families. The process is completely reversed. Another factor that triggers child labor is the lack of education. When women are not educated about family and how to protect themselves, they may find themselves in a bit of a problem. With five children to take care of, the man of the house if living with his second or third wife, the woman if forced to send her children to the factories or even worse sell them to get the money she needs to save herself. When people think of child labor, they say "Oh at least they are doing something to help better their family's financial issues." What they do not know is what goes on within the factories...
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Works Cited
"RugMark Foundation - About." Rugs - Handmade Rugs - Imported Rugs - Child Labor Free Rugs Certified by RugMark. 28 Apr. 2009 < http://rugmark.org/about.php?cid=1>.
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