United States 1903 Mother Jones was a well-known labor firebrand and orator who, by 1903, had been increasingly concerned about the plight of working children. Child labor was rampant through many industries, including textiles and mining. Conditions...

Child labor is the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom. This practice is considered exploitative by many countries and international organizations. Child labor was utilized to varying extents through most of history, but...

"The reality that forces poor families to defy child labor laws raises doubts about whether legislation can be enforced successfully." In 1993, social workers and human rights activists were stunned when approximately 70,000 youngsters were unceremoniously thrown out of the Bangladeshi garment...

Kailash Satyarthi heads the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitudewhich is a coalition of 50 organizations working on child right issues in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The laws included in GATT would have a strong impact on child labor issues. It...

For two years, 12-year-old Bhola worked more than 15 hours a day without being paid or allowed to visit his parents. On Thursday, a local non-governmental organization freed him and 49 other child laborers like him.The children _ all boys aged between eight and 14...

The ceaseless sound of tapping metal echoes through these muddy, garbage-strewn alleys where thousands of workers in crumbling brick hovels churn out one of Pakistan's most successful exports _ surgical instruments.Home to more than 2,000 instrument makers, this city is one of the world's top...

In the following excerpt, originally published in 1906, Spargo explores the physical, moral, social, and economic implications of child labor in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In the following excerpt, Zucchi discusses the treatment of Italian children working as musicians and figurine sellers in the streets of London in the nineteenth-century.

In the following excerpt, Parr examines the working conditions in late nineteenth-century Britain that led poor parents to send their children to Canada as agricultural apprentices. Parr also discusses the conditions encountered by the children when they arrived in Canada.

When he was four years old, Iqbal Masih was sold into bonded servitude by his parents, a common practice of poor Pakistani families hoping to pay off debts owed to landlords and local merchants. For the next six years, Masih was forced to work in a...

Reports on child labor in the Ivory Coast, Africa. Contains statistics, specific case studies, very detailed information, and proposed solutions.

Child labor is becoming increasingly common in China, making up about 20 percent of that nation's work force. Industries in which children work range from fireworks and toys, to garment and textiles, and even to prostitution, pornography, and the military. Because child labor will adversely affect the world in the future, stronger child labor laws and other measures are necessary.

Provides a brief summary as to what child labor was like during the Industrial Revolution and child labor today. Describes the effects of child laborers. Also includes some ideas as to how it can be prevented.