In Mexico, about 46.2% of people live in poverty while about 53.8% are children (Ramos, 2013). Like in Colombia, Mexico’s poverty is due to the economic crisis but they also face problems with their environment or location. Children do not go to school which begins to hinder them because they do not know about endowments, information about markets, what they are interested in and nonetheless how to start a career. With no educated people to join fields, Mexico’s low productivity growth affects people ability to get better jobs, ultimately not allowing them to get better income. Structural factor because education is a right there. Also, when people do have jobs, they do not receive social security, labor benefits or healthcare coverage which
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Ironic because the Mayan along with other indigenous Mexican groups are known “for their strong social cohesion, manifest in the highly functional community institutions, such as reciprocal labor relations, intergenerational socialization and strong cultural and linguistic identity” (Poole, et al., 2011). Mayans and Zapatista’s communities have not been politically helped or increased their living standards since the 1990’s, although they are still Mexican citizens. The only reason they have roads was because they were built for tourist, although commercial centers and transportation are still far from them so they can barely get new jobs (Poole, et al., 2011). Nonetheless these indigenous groups, without government help have worked with their dry tropical climate, shallow soil, and low rain fall, which brings me to the next point of why so many Mexican children are …show more content…
Both Colombia and mexico say under laws made by convention 138 that children workers cannot be under the age of 15, but “countries whose economies and educational facilities are insufficiently developed may initially specify a minimum legal working age of 14 when ratifying the convention” and work cannot intrude with school (Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report, 2008). In Colombia, the Municipal Ombudsman Offices say that parents who fail to protect their children from economic exploitation, the worst forms of child labor (prostitution), or work that harms their health, safety and integrity get fines “up to 100 times the minimum monthly wage and imprisonment” (Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report, 2008). But how many cases do we actually hear about parents being fined for that knowing the rates of child poverty and working children? These few laws that I mentioned make almost all of the impoverished children’s jobs and lifestyles
Ironic because the Mayan along with other indigenous Mexican groups are known “for their strong social cohesion, manifest in the highly functional community institutions, such as reciprocal labor relations, intergenerational socialization and strong cultural and linguistic identity” (Poole, et al., 2011). Mayans and Zapatista’s communities have not been politically helped or increased their living standards since the 1990’s, although they are still Mexican citizens. The only reason they have roads was because they were built for tourist, although commercial centers and transportation are still far from them so they can barely get new jobs (Poole, et al., 2011). Nonetheless these indigenous groups, without government help have worked with their dry tropical climate, shallow soil, and low rain fall, which brings me to the next point of why so many Mexican children are …show more content…
Both Colombia and mexico say under laws made by convention 138 that children workers cannot be under the age of 15, but “countries whose economies and educational facilities are insufficiently developed may initially specify a minimum legal working age of 14 when ratifying the convention” and work cannot intrude with school (Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report, 2008). In Colombia, the Municipal Ombudsman Offices say that parents who fail to protect their children from economic exploitation, the worst forms of child labor (prostitution), or work that harms their health, safety and integrity get fines “up to 100 times the minimum monthly wage and imprisonment” (Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report, 2008). But how many cases do we actually hear about parents being fined for that knowing the rates of child poverty and working children? These few laws that I mentioned make almost all of the impoverished children’s jobs and lifestyles