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More than 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen

A survey shows that 17 per cent of Yemen’s 7.7 million children aged 5-17 are child labourers, most of them performing unpaid work.

News | 15 January 2013

Summary

More than 1.3 million children in Yemen are involved in child labour, including 469,000in the 5-11 age group, a new study shows. Yemen has ratified the two key ILO conventions on child labour accepting that 14 is the minimum age for employment and recognizing that children under the age of 18 cannot be employed in hazardous work. In addition to the 1.3 million child labourers, more than 300,000 children aged 14 to 17work in conditions and activities considered suitable for their age. The report says that working children and child labourers are far more likely than others not to attend school or to drop out of school. It also stresses that widespread poverty, population pressure, political instability and limited opportunities for employment outside agriculture impact the livelihoods of children in Yemen.

Opinion

Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world and in the U. S., growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. The International Labor Organization estimates that 215 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 currently work under conditions that are considered illegal, hazardous, or extremely exploitative. Underage children work at all sorts of jobs around the world, usually because they and their families are extremely poor. Large numbers of children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as soldiers.