tackling child labour, a key to the future
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- Digitaal
- Thesaurus
- kinderarbeid, meisjes, onbetaalde arbeid, huishoudelijke arbeid, onderwijs, wereld, 21e eeuw, rapport
- Description
- 'This report focuses on girls and child labour, the theme of the World Day against Child Labour for 2009. This, of course, does not diminish our concern with the harm suffered by boys engaged in child labour. However the report is intended to bring home to readers the particular vulnerability of girls. .The report presents a comprehensive profile of child labour among girls. In its assessment of the work that girls perform in the world today, it presents important new statistics on certain aspects of that work – for example, on the extent of engagement in unpaid household services. While there is little difference in the involvement of boys and girls in economic activity in general, the report suggests that girls work significantly more than boys in household chores and as a result often jeopardise their schooling.'