Children Labour in Burkina Faso and ILO by: Nadya Kalya Komala-2016201400111
Child labour has rooted deep in Africa’s poverty, not to mention in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is located in Africa precisely near Mali, Niger, Ghana, and Cote d’Ivoire. Burkina Faso means “land of honest men”, has significant reserves of gold, yet ironically the country has faced some domestic conflicts such as their military coup and external concern over the condition of its economy and human rights reported by BBC in 2016. According to UNICEF, there are almost 20,000 children working in mines across Burkina Faso. More than 80% of them have never been to school. Around the world, an estimated 115 million of children around 5 and 17 years of age young workers under very hazardous conditions. Including 1 million of children in mines and quarries in Asia, Africa,
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The answer is yes, it is. Talking about child labour laws, basically child labour laws are designed to protect children (usually those under 16 years of age) from being exploited by corrupt bosses and parents. I would not state that there are any specific “rights” that are being protected, however the vulnerability of the child is being guarded from abuse. Children are not typically perceived as having the ability to make informed judgements or consent, and might be threatened by the way of their powerless status as dependents. Children may likewise did not have the ability to adequately decide their appropriateness for certain tasks. Child labour laws seek to force certain standards to ensure the vulnerability of children in such matters are not forced into inappropriate working situations. And most of them are living under the unfortunate conditions where it forces them to work in some way just to survive. The basic rights of children are taken from them, they never experienced formal education, they did not have time to play with their peers and to