Child Slavery
According to International Labour Organization (IOL), there are about 8.4 million children in slavery. Children's are classified as being in child slaver is they are being used by other to gain profit. This can take effect in violence, cases where they are being abused, pretty theft and drug trade. This can also occur in child domestic work, where they are forced to work long hors in harsh conditions for little to no pay.
According to International Labour Organization (IOL), there are about 215 million child laborers from ages 5 - 17 working in child slaver around the world. Half of those children's work in the worst form of child labour possible. There 53 million children's under the age of 15 work in the most hazardous work conditions. 8.4 million children are involved in trafficking, debt bondage, forced labor, prostitution, and pornography.
According to International Labour Organization (IOL), there are about 215 million child laborers from ages 5 - 17 working in child slaver around the world. Half of those children's work in the worst form of child labour possible. There 53 million children's under the age of 15 work in the most hazardous work conditions. 8.4 million children are involved in trafficking, debt bondage, forced labor, prostitution, and pornography.
Related story
The following story has been taken from anti-slavery.org
Children's as young as ten have been working in a cigarette company called Philip Morris International. The company is located in Kazakhstan, in Central Asia where there is a widespread child and forced labor. Employing children in tobacco farm is very hazardous because they get exposed to high level of nicotine. According to reporters from Human Rights Watch, Children's and adults were lacking in easy access to water. The reporter says that "laborers had resorted to drinking from irrigation channels contaminated with pesticides."
Sixty-eight employees were interviewed
Children's as young as ten have been working in a cigarette company called Philip Morris International. The company is located in Kazakhstan, in Central Asia where there is a widespread child and forced labor. Employing children in tobacco farm is very hazardous because they get exposed to high level of nicotine. According to reporters from Human Rights Watch, Children's and adults were lacking in easy access to water. The reporter says that "laborers had resorted to drinking from irrigation channels contaminated with pesticides."
Sixty-eight employees were interviewed