1. Rights of Children as Human in Working Life
• Aims of the Project:
• To attract the attention of population to children who are forced to work in their early ages, and support that
view with statistical data.
• While employing children is restricted by legislation in a lot of developed countries, and contrarian acts are
penalized, that policy is often overlooked in underdeveloped and developing countries.
• International competition environment leads some countries to ignore the problem. Employing child workers
decrease the cost of labor at least 30-50%.
• However, children are facing the danger of losing their health and life, in exchange. Indeed, 38 child workers
lost their lives in our country in 2012.
• 630,000out of 960,000 child workers are employed in one of the 3 worst sectors. Those are seasonal
agricultural companies, small and mid-sized industrial companies and street sales market.
• The problem is evaluated mathematically and results are presented in tables and graphics to facilitate the
comprehension.
• Convention on the Rights of Child was adopted by United Nations n September 2, 1990, and took effect in
November 2, 1995 in Turkey. Even though the number of working children who are between 6-17 years old
decreased since then, that is far from being satisfactory. Statistical data of child labor force are stratified
according to age and gender and presented in tables and graphs.
• Proposals:
• Increasing the awareness of society about the harm of child labor on child health.
• Supporting the city councils to decrease the number of children living on streets.
• Application of flexible schedule to meet the requirements of returning child workers
• Increasing the number of schools and classes to facilitate the accessibility
• Increasing the financial support to improve the quality of education
• To intervene with the familial and cultural traditions that easily adopt child labor
• To increase the consciousness of the society to take a position against child labor.
• Motivating children to education will contribute to the knowledge and developmental level of society.
•
• Results:
• Abolishment of the worst forms of child labor will break the vicious cycle that working children and their
families confronts. Those children:
• Will have the rights to get access to better health, better education and chance to improve their progression
potential
• Will become more capable, more responsible and productive members of society
• Gains of Turkey are as follows:
• The understanding of both child labor, and the effectiveness of policies and programs in effect will improve
• Awareness of the society will increase about the hazardous results of child labor
• Some decrease in the number of child workers
• The rate of attending to schools will increase
• Resources for well-educated and qualified persons supporting development will increase
15,2
10,3
5,9
0
10
20
6-17 Years
1994 1999 2006
Change in child workers in age range of 6-17 years
5,9 7,7
42,6
16,9
22,3
11,3
0
10
20
30
Total Male Female
6-17 years 6-14 years 15-17 years
Child workpower in the year 2006
(%)
References:
http://www.meb.gov.tr/belirligunler/insan_haklari/bildirge.htm
www.gundemcocuk.org/dokumanlar/cocuk_haklari_bildirgesi.doc
http://www.ilo.org/public/turkish/region/eurpro/ankara/areas/child.htm
http://gen.tobb.org.tr/ggnot/images/bilgi_notu/186_S612006CHLDLABOUR.pdf
Çocuk İşçiliği ve Çocuk İşçiliği İle Mücadele Stratejileri. Sosyal Güvenlik Dergisi
2012/1:9-40
Gönül Ceylin Şener – 6th grade

2. Population Total
employed
Percent
employed
TOTAL Total 72.958.000 22.963.000 % 35.6
6-17 years 16.264.000 958.000 % 5.9
6-14 years 12.478.000 320.000 % 2.6
15-17 years 3.786.000 638.000 % 16.9
MALE Total 36.379.000 17.011.000 % 53.1
6-17 years 8.192.000 632.000 % 7.7
6-14 years 6.286.000 207.000 % 3.3
15-17 years 1.906.000 425.000 % 22.3
FEMALE Toplam 36.579.000 5.952.000 % 18.3
6-17 years 8.072.000 326.000 % 4.0
6-14 years 6.192.000 113.000 % 1.8
15-17 years 1.880.000 213.000 % 11.3
Child Workers in 2006 (Age and Gender adjusted)