Combating Child Labour

Combating Child Labour
Author: Assefa Bequele
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1988
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789221063896

This work examines the developments in the campaign against child labour and the defence of the rights of children.

Most Good, Least Harm

Most Good, Least Harm
Author: Zoe Weil
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1416959297

With a world steeped in materialism, environmental destruction, and injustice, what can one individual possibly do to change it? While the present obstacles we face may seem overwhelming, author and humane educator Zoe Weil shows us that change doesn't have to start with an army. It starts with you. Through her straightforward approaches to living a MOGO, or "most good," life, she reveals that the true path to inner peace doesn't require a retreat from the world. Rather, she gives the reader powerful and practicable tools to face these global issues, and improve both our planet and our personal lives. Weil explores direct ways to become involved with the community, make better choices as consumers, and develop positive messages to live by, showing readers that their simple decisions really can change the world. Inspiring and remarkably inclusive of the interconnected challenges we face today, Most Good, Least Harm is the next step beyond "green" -- a radical new way to empower the individual and motivate positive change.

Community Prevention of Child Labor

Community Prevention of Child Labor
Author: Isidro Maya Jariego
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030708101

This book discusses preventive actions that have led to reduction in the prevalence of child labor across the world over the 21st century. It identifies exemplary programs in the area of community prevention that have had exceptional results; for example, the involvement of children in hazardous work globally being reduced by half. It documents a wide range of contexts where concerted action has counteracted social permissiveness towards child labor, including psycho-educational interventions in preventing early school leaving and conditional cash benefits which counteract family poverty. The book presents a set of evidence-based practices that are particularly useful for psychologists, educators, and social workers. More broadly, this book is also of interest to policymakers, professionals, and activists involved in child protection policy or in implementing programs to promote the psychological well-being of children.

Kids at Work

Kids at Work
Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780395797266

A documentary account of child labor in America during the early 1900s and the role Lewis Hine played in the crusade against it.

Accelerating Action Against Child Labour

Accelerating Action Against Child Labour
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789221218739

In its quadrennial Global Report on child labour, the ILO says that the global number of child labourers had declined from 222 million to 215 million, or 3 per cent, over the period 2004 to 2008, representing a "slowing down of the global pace of reduction." The report also expresses concern that the global economic crisis could "further brake" progress toward the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.

Child Labour

Child Labour
Author: Gopal Bhargava
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2003
Genre: Child labor
ISBN: 9788178352008

The book gives an overview of the nature and extent of the problem of child labour, and the consequences for the victims. These volumes discuss in details the Shocking scene of child labour, Reforms in child labour, Challenges of measuring child labour, Children and prostitution, Global response to child labour, Action against child labour, Educational strategies to eliminate child labour, Natural disaster and child labour. It also discusses sympathetically economic exploitation of children.

The World of Child Labor

The World of Child Labor
Author: Hugh D Hindman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1557
Release: 2014-12-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317453859

"The World of Child Labor" details both the current and historical state of child labor in each region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and cures. Child labor remains a problem of immense social and economic proportions throughout the developing world, and there is a global movement underway to do away with it. Volume editor Hugh D. Hindman has assembled an international team of leading child labor scholars, researchers, policy-makers, and activists to provide a comprehensive reference with over 220 essays. This volume first provides a current global snapshot with overview essays on the dimensions of the problem and those institutions and organizations combating child labor. Thereafter the organization of the work is regional, covering developed, developing, and less developed regions of the world.The reference goes around the globe to document the contemporary and historical state of child labor within each major region (Africa, Latin and South America, North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Oceania) including country-level accounts for nearly half of the world's nations. Country-level essays for more developed nations include historical material in addition to current issues in child labor. All country-level essays address specific facets of child labor problems, such as industries and occupations in which children commonly work, the national child welfare policy, occupational safety regulations, educational system, and laws, and often highlight significant initiatives against child labor.Current statistical data accompany most country-level essays that include ratifications to UN and ILO conventions, the Human Development Index, human capital indicators, economic indicators, and national child labor surveys conducted by the Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor. "The World of Child Labor" is designed to be a self-contained, comprehensive reference for high school, college, and professional researchers. Maps, photos, figures, tables, references, and index are included.