Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 2:02:59 GMT -5
The consequences of the health crisis are being reflected in many sectors, one of the most affected are girls, boys and young people, since it is estimated that millions of minors go into child labor. The progress made to protect them has been surpassed by government policies, according to the news portal El Economista .
Before the pandemic and the current international conflicts—as the media points out—there was considerable progress: «Of the 160 million girls, boys and adolescents working in the world, half did so in activities that could harm them physically or emotionally. This year the figure could grow to 169 million.
ILO and UNICEF vs child labor
The International Labor Organization ( ILO) defines Chinese American Phone Number List child labor as any activity that deprives children of their childhood, potential and dignity, and that is detrimental to their physical and psychological development.
To make this problem visible, recently, the ILO and UNICEF presented the latest updates on the situation regarding millions of minors in child labor. Both bodies highlighted that without mitigation strategies, the number of vulnerable children and young people could increase by 8.9 million by the end of 2022. This is largely due to the increase in poverty.
Child labor in Mexico
Our country, according to the report, entitled The role of social protection in the elimination of child labor: Examination of empirical data and political repercussions , prepared by the aforementioned bodies, is the second country in LATAM where this problem prevails , which describe how:
[…] a violation of the right of all children to enjoy their childhood and a blatant reflection of the failure of governments' most fundamental duty to protect their children.
ILO and UNICEF.
In this sense, the results of the National Child Labor Survey (ENTI), presented at the end of 2020, ensure that in Mexico there were 3.3 million girls, boys and adolescents with a work occupation in 2019. Of them, 2 million (7.1% ) worked in illegal economic activities - that is, those that put health at risk, or affect physical and/or mental development.
millions of minors in child labor
It should be noted that the highest child labor rates were observed in Oaxaca with 21.5% and Puebla and Chiapas with 18.3%, each; while the lowest were recorded in Baja California and Mexico City, with 5.3% and 5.4%, respectively.
Increase in child labor by region
Continuing with the report on The role of social protection in the elimination of child labor , it explains that after the decrease in family income, children who were already going out to work had to increase their hours after the closure of schools.
In this way, the progress achieved so far dealt a severe setback to the fight against child labor. When viewed by region, in Africa more than 92.2 million boys and girls work, that is, 22% of all minors on the continent.
While in Asia and the Pacific there are 5.6 million, that is, 49% of its child and adolescent population. Latin America and the Caribbean have 8.2 million—at least 3.3 of them live in Mexico—that is, 6%.
Before the pandemic and the current international conflicts—as the media points out—there was considerable progress: «Of the 160 million girls, boys and adolescents working in the world, half did so in activities that could harm them physically or emotionally. This year the figure could grow to 169 million.
ILO and UNICEF vs child labor
The International Labor Organization ( ILO) defines Chinese American Phone Number List child labor as any activity that deprives children of their childhood, potential and dignity, and that is detrimental to their physical and psychological development.
To make this problem visible, recently, the ILO and UNICEF presented the latest updates on the situation regarding millions of minors in child labor. Both bodies highlighted that without mitigation strategies, the number of vulnerable children and young people could increase by 8.9 million by the end of 2022. This is largely due to the increase in poverty.
Child labor in Mexico
Our country, according to the report, entitled The role of social protection in the elimination of child labor: Examination of empirical data and political repercussions , prepared by the aforementioned bodies, is the second country in LATAM where this problem prevails , which describe how:
[…] a violation of the right of all children to enjoy their childhood and a blatant reflection of the failure of governments' most fundamental duty to protect their children.
ILO and UNICEF.
In this sense, the results of the National Child Labor Survey (ENTI), presented at the end of 2020, ensure that in Mexico there were 3.3 million girls, boys and adolescents with a work occupation in 2019. Of them, 2 million (7.1% ) worked in illegal economic activities - that is, those that put health at risk, or affect physical and/or mental development.
millions of minors in child labor
It should be noted that the highest child labor rates were observed in Oaxaca with 21.5% and Puebla and Chiapas with 18.3%, each; while the lowest were recorded in Baja California and Mexico City, with 5.3% and 5.4%, respectively.
Increase in child labor by region
Continuing with the report on The role of social protection in the elimination of child labor , it explains that after the decrease in family income, children who were already going out to work had to increase their hours after the closure of schools.
In this way, the progress achieved so far dealt a severe setback to the fight against child labor. When viewed by region, in Africa more than 92.2 million boys and girls work, that is, 22% of all minors on the continent.
While in Asia and the Pacific there are 5.6 million, that is, 49% of its child and adolescent population. Latin America and the Caribbean have 8.2 million—at least 3.3 of them live in Mexico—that is, 6%.