11. Child Labour by Region
MENA: Middle East & North Africa
LAC: Latin America/Caribbean
12. Child Labour by Age
Children in the 5-11 years age group
account for by far the largest share,
approximately 73 million or 44% of the
total child labour population.
14. "And, in regard to children, great care should be taken not to
place them in workshops and factories until their bodies and
minds are sufficiently developed. For, just as very rough
weather destroys the buds of spring, so does too early an
experience of life's hard toil blight the young promise of a
child's faculties, and render any true education
impossible."
- RERUM NOVARUM
15. Catholic SocialTeachings
Life and Dignity of Human Persons
Rights and Responsibilities
Option for the poor
The dignity of work and the rights of workers
16. Pope Francis has launched an appeal against child labor,
calling it an “deplorable " during June, 2013. He made his
comments on phenomenon World Day Against Child Labor, a
day created by the United Nation’s International Labor
Organization.
24. - VICTOR CHIPANI IS A 11 YEAR OLD BOY WHO SPENDS HIS
DAY ROUNDING UP HOARDS OF PEOPLE INTO BUSES
"But our current economic reality means we work to help
our families, and our rights ought to be protected.“
- Noemi Gutlerrez (UNATSBO)
"I've been way more hurt playing soccer,“
- Victor Chipani
25. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
If we ban child labour around the world,
including where it is most needed in, then
how would we stop low income families in
developing countries who heavily depends on
child labour from going hungry?
What is your stance on child labour overall?
26.
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