Child Labour: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
Books and Journals......................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
When a child is exploited through any kind of work which takes away their childhood
and interferes with the possibility regularly attending school, is known as child labour (Cho, and
et.al., 2019). Children are required to do work which can harm them physically or even mentally,
such exploitation is prohibited by many countries legislation.
MAIN BODY
Economic adversity has its toll on many families, all over the world. This has lead to
destroying children’s safety for many poor families. Child labour takes away children’s
childhood, their potential and dignity which is damaging their development in the process. Worst
forms of child labour can be seen working in supply chains. This involves children to live away
from their family, work as a slave and they exposed to many hazardous conditions (Snyder and
Maslow, 2017). When they are ill, they are left to fend their own-self on the streets of major
cities. Many cities do not allow this to happen but there are still many forms of child labour
happening around the whole world. However, not all form of work comes under child labour
category. Children taking part in work that does not affect their health condition in any way is
something positive for the child. It helps in development of the children’s brain, providing them
with skills and experience.
Children are found to be working, producing goods and providing services in agriculture,
mining, manufacturing and even tourism industries. Goods produced by these children make
essential part of the reality of supply chains. It occurs mainly in rural areas and cities with not so
stable economies where government bodies cannot do regular labour inspection and there no one
educated about protection laws of workers. This is an industrial era where demand for products
has increased that ever before and supply is required accordingly (Momen, 2020). This increase
in consumerism is making companies opt for cheap labour in order to keep expenses low and
profits high. Children agree to work on cheap labour as they are under the radar. They are
considered as less skilled workers with no voice to rise of their own and therefore make them an
easy target. Keeping a regular check on supply chains can be a difficult job but not impossible.
Business have a vital role in protecting children’s right.
Child labour does not contribute to any well functioning and regulation in supply chain
markets. Child labour can be present in small working shops in supply chain category and these