Triangle:
I think the biggest difference that the United States and other countries have in regards to labor practices is that we have something more than the Convention of the Rights of the Child, we have federal laws governing what is deemed right and wrong in regards to child labor, we have state mandates and general rules and guidelines that apply to different sectors that children are exposed to such as school, work and home.
This being said it does not mean that the United States at all times follow all laws and mandates set forth to protect children. Every day thousands of children are abused, neglected, labored and denied the simple benefits of life. It is this blind eye that is so common with other countries. The International Labor Organization or the ILO “estimates that there are approximately 250 million child laborers world wild, with at least 120 million of them working under circumstances that have denied them a childhood and in conditions that jeopardize their health and even their lives (Roggero, 2007)”.
Square:
The standard of health is what really squares with me today. In our reading it was stated that “data on HIV/AIDS infections, non-HIV infections, and malaria among children aged 5 to 14 years, associated with 4 major risk factors (malnutrition, poor water and lack of sanitations and hygiene, unsafe sex, and dangerous occupations), and came from the Global Burnden of Disease Study”. This was a segment that helped make all of the information from the last several days sync in. The system brings about people that live within the lines of poverty, of those a huge percentage will have children that will continue to live within these povertous means and continue the circle. This is where all of this comes together, maybe your mother had a virus that you were given upon birth, or maybe you contacted it because of unsafe living conditions. If that is not something hard enough to live with you still have to realize that you are poor and that more and likely if not already sick the chances of you contacting something because of exhaustion due to work is something else that at a young age you have to think about. That is a lot for a youth to endure; and was really eye opening to read about and connect over the last several days.
Circle:
The viewing on India’s children and the fight to help them live a more child like life with better safety, and education was very aspiring to how people should be and how caring the world can be. I have enjoyed viewing the many different people that have taken a step out of their comfortable lives and either financially supporting or experiencing them what it is like to see the world through the eyes of a child. The different foundations and organizations such as MVW that help to get children away from the laborious days of work and into the classroom where they can begin to change their and their families lives. While it has been challenging to bring education to the children of India they have done so and slowly brought a statistical change to the number of children that are dying every year of malnutrition and dehydration.
Roggero, P., Mangiaterra, V., Bustreo, F., & Rosati, F. (2007). The health impact of child labor in developing countries: Evidence from cross-country data. American Journal of Public Health, 97(2), 271-5.
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