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Child labour generally implies the situation whereby children below the working age are force by circumstances to participate in the processes of production , for instance in manufacturing industries household and also in agricultural fields . This process in one way or the other exploits and harms the children through blocking their education acquisition , morally , physically and also mentally . From a point of research , although not all work is bad , it has been pointed out that some types of work are exploitative . For instance , when

a child delivers a news before going to school , this is work which actually benefits the child on learning how to work , gaining responsibility and at the same time earning money . The big question arises when the child is not paid where the issue of exploitation comes in (Cigno 2005

According to Unicef 's report in 1997 on the state of world 's child comments , it states how children 's work should be seen as happening along the continuum with exploitative and destructive work at the end beneficial work promotion or enhancement of children 's development ensuring no interference with their recreation activities , learning and also rest at the other end . From the UNICEF 's report , between the two ends poles are vast fields of work that require not negatively affecting the child 's development . In the year 2000 , the international labour organization estimated around 246 million child workers aged between 5 years and 17 years who were involved in child labour . Out of 246 million , 171 million child labourers were involved in work which was hazardous naturally to their physical and mental health , safety bonded labour trafficking in children and commercial sexual exploitation and also use of children in armed conflicts (Bagley 1990 . Globally , the statistics show how child labour differs in different countries . For instance , in Asia , 61 of the residents are children whereby 22 are involved in the workforce . In Africa , 32 of the residents are children while in Latin America , they contribute to 7 of the population whereby 17 of the workforce constitute of child labour . The proportion of child labour differs a lot among countries and even in the regions within one country . According to UNICEF 's report in 1997 , it shows that some cases like in Africa , one child in every three children is involved in child labour . With Latin America , one child in every five children is involved in child labour . With the two countries , a very small proportion of child workers are involved in formal sectors while the majority of work is in their families , in their homes and fields (Harrison 1960

Much of child labourers are absorbed in certain industries of manufacturing in some specific countries . Such includes auto repairs industries , making of textiles and foot wear , bricks and cement manufacturing while others are engaged in sectors like caring for animals , planting and harvesting of food and other farm related jobs According to International Labour Organization reports , a bigger number of child labourers...

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