Child Labor in India
In an effort to improve its economic status India has abused the most precious resource we as humans have children. Currently this nation needs international support to resolve this issue. The countries government needs help starting programs from a grass roots level in order to fully combat this problem.
According to statistics given by the Indian government there are 20 million child laborers in the country while other agencies and organizations such as the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report that the number is closer to 60 million. Senator Dan Burton a member on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Tom Harkin the presenter of the Child Labor Deterrence Act, a bill that was meant to prohibit the importation of products using child workers with governments that trade with the United States but the government did not pass it for unknown reasons although this bill would’ve helped combat child labor a great deal. The Child Labor Deterrence Act also included that the United stated contribute to the UNICEF and the ILO.
Child labor is a human rights issue many believe that because there country is developed and child workers are not surrounding them that it is not something that needs to be bothered by but that thought is wrong. Child labor is not just the problem of third world countries but a global issue that we all should be concerned about. The United States is one of the very few members of the United Nations the only other country being Somalia that has yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This convention requires its ratifyers to report and appear before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child once a year and be evaluated on their progress regarding children’s rights. By not signing this treaty the U.S. government is telling the world that the rights of children are not high on its priority list and telling people of the U.S. that child labor is something that they don’t need to be concerned about. Also the United States neglected to publicize the Global March Against Child Labor a huge movement that motivated many people and organizations to join the battle against child labor. This march took place in numerous major cities in the world and shed a much needed light on child labor and slavery. By not drawing media attention to this issue the US has continued to tell its citizens and the world that the issue is not something of importance.
The United States has continuously failed to show that the issue of child labor is not something of importance. Since the government is does not express the much concern it is up to its citizens to effectively combat it and show the government that this issue is of great importance.
In an effort to improve its economic status India has abused the most precious resource we as humans have children. Currently this nation needs international support to resolve this issue. The countries government needs help starting programs from a grass roots level in order to fully combat this problem.
According to statistics given by the Indian government there are 20 million child laborers in the country while other agencies and organizations such as the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report that the number is closer to 60 million. Senator Dan Burton a member on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Tom Harkin the presenter of the Child Labor Deterrence Act, a bill that was meant to prohibit the importation of products using child workers with governments that trade with the United States but the government did not pass it for unknown reasons although this bill would’ve helped combat child labor a great deal. The Child Labor Deterrence Act also included that the United stated contribute to the UNICEF and the ILO.
Child labor is a human rights issue many believe that because there country is developed and child workers are not surrounding them that it is not something that needs to be bothered by but that thought is wrong. Child labor is not just the problem of third world countries but a global issue that we all should be concerned about. The United States is one of the very few members of the United Nations the only other country being Somalia that has yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This convention requires its ratifyers to report and appear before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child once a year and be evaluated on their progress regarding children’s rights. By not signing this treaty the U.S. government is telling the world that the rights of children are not high on its priority list and telling people of the U.S. that child labor is something that they don’t need to be concerned about. Also the United States neglected to publicize the Global March Against Child Labor a huge movement that motivated many people and organizations to join the battle against child labor. This march took place in numerous major cities in the world and shed a much needed light on child labor and slavery. By not drawing media attention to this issue the US has continued to tell its citizens and the world that the issue is not something of importance.
The United States has continuously failed to show that the issue of child labor is not something of importance. Since the government is does not express the much concern it is up to its citizens to effectively combat it and show the government that this issue is of great importance.
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