Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses child labor issues. Even a commoner can do his best to prevent child labor within his or her community. This would provide an impetus for many others who can

Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses child labor issues. Even a commoner can do his best to prevent child labor within his or her community. This would provide an impetus for many others who can play a similar role. The most difficult part of writing this article was bringing together the different forms of child labor present worldwide. Based on the available resources within every country, various forms of child labor are practiced. However, only a few and the most widely present forms of child labor only have been high lightened in this article. There are several other smaller and least noticed places that engage child laborers. Despite the shortcomings, this has been a huge learning experience writing the essay and hopefully, it will be a good reading source for the reader as well. It will help us to open our eyes to things that could be happening in our very own locality and with some support and courage enable us to do something from our end to this effect.

Child labor is considered to be a global problem that is yet to be completely eradicated. The employment of very young children in unsuitable work on a full-time basis and which is considered unsuitable for their age fall under child labor. However, children aged 18 and above employed in a suitable work of their interest is not considered as child labor (Gandhi, J, 2008). Many children are employed under very hazardous working conditions, such as employment in mines and other toxic industries and such work is bound to have a much higher impact on the health and morale of the children. Many children are also employed in jobs that are considered to be the worst forms of labor such as prostitution, bonded labor, child trafficking, drugs, and armed conflict (Gandhi, J, 2008. Anwar & Hesketh, 2008). The international labor organization has been closely following the statistics of child labor worldwide over and according to its 2006 report, there has been an 11% decline in child labor worldwide over a period of four years from 2000 to 2004.