Child Labor In America

Hello, my name is Steven Noguera and I’m here to address an issue concerning child labor in society. First, let’s establish the problem. Today, it is found that the number of children that work between the ages of 5 and 14 exceeds more than 250 million. I’m here to show you how it benefits the country and how it’s detrimental. My presentation will inform you all of what is being done in regards to child labor to see if the positive effects outweigh the negative effects of child labor in a country. This topic first interested my group and I because we recently came upon an article that spoke about how products we use in our daily life, like for example a pair of shoes is created. I assessed this problem through the lens of culture. It explained

There are a plethora of problems that the children of Eritrea face today. They live in a society where there are still social divisions and social classes. Both women and children are given duties based on gender norms, which essentially dictate if their actions are appropriate or acceptable depending on their sex. Age is also a very crucial factor in the process. Children are forced into child labor, and many take advantage of them. In the article, “Child Labor Is Declining Worldwide, But It’s Thriving in These Six Countries”, Reid Standish explains the problem in Eritrea. He says, “Eighty five million: That’s how many children are involved the worst forms of child labor, including prostitution, the handling of hazardous materials, and heavy labor.” This is the greatest amount of children involved in child labor within a country. Like Eritrea, Myanmar has a significant amount of child labor, only that their main use of labor is for soldiering. They have the greatest number of children in a national army in the world and the number of 300,000 is projected to grow in the coming years. The cultural scheme in society is massively overlooked because their beliefs have not changed from those of older times, to the modern world. Their culture continues to follow the same principles they once believed in. They presume that there is still only one important piece in society, which is man, and everything else,

Vietnam is, however, the first Asian state and second in the world to ratify the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1990. Children are highly valued in Vietnam. The first national data show that 1.75 million Vietnamese children are child workers. The rate of child labor in Vietnam is lower than the world 's average and very close to the regional figure. In Vietnamese culture, it is thought to be the children, that will provide for the future of the country. The most popular form of child labor is the picking of rice, the creation of rubber, and the fishing industry. Although there is child labor present, more rights have been given towards children that have helped progress Vietnam as a country in the race towards the reduction of child labor. It has had a great impact on how they deal with it