Research Assignment #1 – Child Labour

My Political Lobby Group will try and reduce the use of child labour, because:

 Some people depend on those organization

 The inventory products that they produce would decrease rapidly
 Creates jobs that help children provide for their family

But…

 Children grow up without proper education or no education

 Deprives them of a proper childhood
 Cycle of poverty
 Low paying jobs for the future

Companies and industries that use child labour

 Nestle
 H&M
 Phillip Morris
 Microsoft
 Sports Direct
 Apple
 Hershey
 More

Countries where Child Labour exist

 Eritrea
 Somalia
 Democratic Republic of Congo
 Myanmar
 Sudan
 Afghanistan
 Pakistan
 Zimbabwe
 Yemen

Examples of exploitation and how children are taken advantage of

 They can get paid less because they are children

 Less likely to go on strike
 They can work more minutes
Pros/Cons

 P/children’s work is needed if they want to survive in times of need

 P/child gets money to provide for family
 P/study’s show children in child labour picks up mathematical skills better than in child labour
children
 P/they also pick up better communication skills
 C/no protection
 C/minority groups
 C/underprivileged backgrounds
 C/depression, and malnourishment

The psychological and physiological effects on children involved

 Depression
 Drug dependency
 PTSD
 Malnourishment
 Premature aging

Child labour and how it can change society

because they don't get enough time with their family members or even with people their own age. In
order to succeed and feel confident, children must develop personal positive relationships.

Dangers of child labour

 Exposed to the toxins

 They can develop leukemia
 Lung cancer
 Asthma
 Abuse
 Injuries
 Exhaustion