Say Goodbye to Innocence
Meet Emmanuel, each day, the 10-year-old wakes up at 6 A.M. for a long day of work in the cocoa fields. Along his way to the cocoa fields, Emmanuel notices his peers walking in the opposite direction to school. However, Emmannuel is not alone. In fact, Emmanuel is one of the 151.7 million victims of child labor ("2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery and Child Labour."). Child labor, as defined by international standards, is work that is hazardous, demands too many hours, or is performed by children who are too young. Even though many individuals, institutions, and countries of the United Nations recognize the practice of child labor as destructive, the world’s children are forced to say goodbye to their innocence. …show more content…
When a child is placed into a hazardous environment, he or she faces various health-related or emotional dangers. While uncommon, children can be entered into the practices of forced and bonded labor, child soldiering, sexual exploitation, prostitution, pornography, and illegal trafficking. Fortunately, many children manage to escape the grip of the worst child labor practices. However, the fields of agriculture, manufacturing, quarrying, mining, and domestic service continue to expose children to risk (“Child Labour: UNICEF”). While in the fields, children are subjected to harmful pesticides and snakes, dangerous machinery or tools, and heavy loads. The children in manufacturing, quarrying, and mining face the threat of physical harm on the daily due to the lack of personal protection devices. As for the children in domestic service, isolation and abuse manages to take a costly toll (“Hazardous Child
Meet Emmanuel, each day, the 10-year-old wakes up at 6 A.M. for a long day of work in the cocoa fields. Along his way to the cocoa fields, Emmanuel notices his peers walking in the opposite direction to school. However, Emmannuel is not alone. In fact, Emmanuel is one of the 151.7 million victims of child labor ("2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery and Child Labour."). Child labor, as defined by international standards, is work that is hazardous, demands too many hours, or is performed by children who are too young. Even though many individuals, institutions, and countries of the United Nations recognize the practice of child labor as destructive, the world’s children are forced to say goodbye to their innocence. …show more content…
When a child is placed into a hazardous environment, he or she faces various health-related or emotional dangers. While uncommon, children can be entered into the practices of forced and bonded labor, child soldiering, sexual exploitation, prostitution, pornography, and illegal trafficking. Fortunately, many children manage to escape the grip of the worst child labor practices. However, the fields of agriculture, manufacturing, quarrying, mining, and domestic service continue to expose children to risk (“Child Labour: UNICEF”). While in the fields, children are subjected to harmful pesticides and snakes, dangerous machinery or tools, and heavy loads. The children in manufacturing, quarrying, and mining face the threat of physical harm on the daily due to the lack of personal protection devices. As for the children in domestic service, isolation and abuse manages to take a costly toll (“Hazardous Child