Child Labour
Introduction The term “child labor” is defined as work that deprives children of their childhood and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Contrary to what popular culture makes us believe, this does not include household chores or helping your parents. Work that interferes with the education and general well-being of a child is called child labor. In its most severe form, it involves children being separated from their families, exposed to dangerous hazards, or left to fend for themselves on the streets– often at a very early age. Before the onset of the modern age, children from poor families regularly worked jobs. From the late 1900s, the rise of household income, availability of schools, and passage of child labor laws, all culminated into the decrease of child labor on a worldwide scale. The outbreak of COVIDṣ-19 in 2020 saw the number of children imprisoned in child labor rising to 160 million worldwide. This means that 1 in 10 children worldwide is now a victim