Present Child Labour Scenario: 2008 Statistical Data

According to recent estimates of International Labour Organization (ILO) and United Nations Childrens' Fund (UNICEF), there are 215 million and 158 million child labours around the world respectively!

 

UNICEF's 2008 Facts and Figures of child labour worldwide

Asia (excluding China) - 12%

Africa (excluding Nigeria) - 29%

West and central Africa (excluding Nigeria) - 35%

Eastern and South Africa - 34 %

South Asia - 13%

Latin America and Caribbean - 10%

East Asia and Pacific (excluding China) - 10%

Middle East and North Africa - 10%

 

ILO's 2008 Facts and Figures of child labour worldwide

Asia and the Pacific - 13.3%

Latin America and the Caribbean - 10%

Sub- Saharan Africa - 25.3%

Other regions - 6.7%

 

Looking at the above figures, do you suppose that the present key international instruments adopted for eliminating child labour has been successful? To be honest, I would firmly say "NO"! Though it's very harsh  but unfortunately it is the bitter truth.

 

I feel it is shameful for us that we have failed to eliminate child labour and are making the children work for us.

Source:

UNICEF <http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_bigpicture.html>

ILO <http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/lang--en/index.htm>