1. How is Child Slavery
Different Around the
World
By Jenna Stallard
2. Child Labour
Child labour happens all over the world, and it
has been going on for many years. It is the
employment of children who are too young to
work.
3. What is Child Labour?
Officially, if a situation has a few of these
aspects, it is classified as child labour.
If it involves abuse, mental or physical,
If it threatens their physical, mental or emotional
health,
Or if it breaks the minimum wage law.
4. The Statistics
5 years ago, 215 MILLION children did child
labour, and 115 million of them worked in
dangerous worksites.
114 million kids were in the Asia/Pacific area
65 million were in Sub-Saharan Africa( the area
of Africa below the Sahara)
14 million were in Latin America
Over 22 million in other countries
5. What Types of Work?
69% of child labourers do agricultural work
(farming)
7% are in services( house work, servants..)
9% are in industry (factories)
8% in shops, hotels and restaurants,
…and the remaining 7% work elsewhere.
6. But one of the most shocking things is
ONLY 20%
ARE PAID
7. India
Child slavery in India has been going on for
thousands of years. Children who work in the silk
industry have to regularly dip their hands into boiling
water, which burns their perfect hands.
69% of child labourers in India work in
agriculture(farming)
16% in factories
12.5% in services (house work etc.)
And 2.5% in other places.
8. “At four am I got up and did silk winding… I only
went home once a week. I slept in the factory
with two or three other children. We prepared
food there and slept in the space between the
machines. The owner provided rice and cut it out
of our wages. He would deduct the price. We
cooked the rice ourselves. We worked 12 hours
a day with one hour rest. If I made a mistake -if I
cut the thread- he would beat me. Sometimes he
would use vulgar language. Then he would give
me more work.”
-Yeramma S., 11 yrs. old, bonded at around 7
yrs.
9. Bonded Work
Bonded work is when a family needs money
desperately, so they borrow money. In return, a
child has to work for the money borrower’s
company, for say 10 years, without being paid, to
pay the debt it off.
10. Madagascar
In Madagascar, children as young as 8 years old
work in the production of grapes, wine, tea,
cocoa, and cotton. Kids working in the tea
industry have to work with fertilizer and
sometimes have to carry up to 50 kg on their
backs.
11. Others work with cows and sheep, out in the
sometimes harmful weather. Those that dive for
shellfish could drown and they get really
sunburnt. Some children make charcoal, and
could get burnt from the fires, or crippled from
the heavy loads they have to carry.
12. Statistics
22.1% of kids are in child labour in Madagascar
69.5% go to school
15.4% do both
84.7% do farming
8.4% are in services
2.9% are in manufacturing
1.3% do other work.
13. UK
The UK does not have child labour. Yippee! But
this was because there was laws passed. There
was a law made in 1833 which banned factory
owners from employing children under nine years
old, but it was hard to prove children’s ages. It
also became a law that factory owners had to
provide 2 hours of education a day for children
under 13.
14. After 1869 you couldn’t employ under 8’s, and
kids between the ages of 8 and 13 had to get at
least 10 hours of education a week, but lots of
people broke that one. The Education Act was
passed in 1870 and changed the system hugely.
Slowly every child was introduced to school,
which turned into how things are now.
15. Brazil
Most kids in child labour in Brazil do farming or
street work. Kids who do farming are outside in
the elements, using dangerous tools, in unclean
conditions. Children are involved with the making
of coffee, sugarcane, corn, pineapple, rice,
tobacco, lime, cocoa, and tomatoes.
16. Statistics
4.2% work
94.5% go to school
6.4% do both
1.4 million kids working
58.9% work in farming
31% in services
8.3% in factories
1.8% work in other places.
17. Haiti
In Haiti girls work for rich rich families as
servants or maids. Children also work on
farms, with dangerous tools and pesticides. They
cultivate
corn, manioc, millet, peas, pistachios, rice and
sugarcane and worked for long hours.
19. Sri Lanka
62.3% of child labourers in
Sri Lanka are boys. 19,111
children are domestic
labourers, most of them girls
from rural places. 60,000
children drop out of school
before they are meant to.
Lots of kids are child
soldiers as well.
20. US
Like the UK, the US does not have child labour
either. But there was once. In the early 1800’s
and late 1700’s, a lot of things were replaced
with machines instead of hand labour. Controlling
the machines did not take much strength, so
children could be employed to work, but be paid
less than an adult. By the mid-1800’s, it was a
massive problem.
21. Kids had always worked, mostly on farms, but
factory work was much harder, and children
worked long hours. One child could work 12-18
hours a day, six days a week, to get a dollar. Lots
of children started work when they were seven or
younger. Some parents did not want their
children to work, but they really didn’t have a
choice.
22. Why?
Poverty is the main cause for child labour. If
families are not getting enough money, then their
only choice might be to get their child to work.
Some children might not have anything else to
do, because there might not be many schools, or
the schooling is so bad the parents don't want
their children going.
23. What You Can Do
Be aware of what is happening and tell others
Talk to companies who are involved with the
making of goods and see what they do to make
sure their products are not made with child
labour
Buy stuff that is not made by children
Donate money to foundations that make schools
so they can get an education and don’t have to
work.
