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child labour

Also known as child labor

exploitation of children through any form of work

AI overview

Child labour is the exploitation of children through work, which deprives them of their childhood and can harm their physical health, mental wellbeing, and education. It matters because protecting children from such exploitation is essential for ensuring they can develop properly and have opportunities for a better future.

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Research

209,214 papers

Child domestic labour in Pakistan: a narrative review.ReviewJPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association · 2025Abdul Ghaffar RS, Enam KDOI: 10.47391/JPMA.21423
Child labour and health: a systematic review.International journal of public health · 2018Batomen Kuimi BL, Oppong-Nkrumah O, Kaufman J et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1075-9
Child labour.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Scanlon TJ, Prior V, Lamarao ML et al.DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7361.401
Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour.Lancet (London, England) · 2023The LancetDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01046-2
Child labour.Journal of the Indian Medical Association · 1991Banerjee SR
Work-free childhood to child labour and street life.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Gunnlaugsson GDOI: 10.1111/apa.16347
Child labour.Lancet (London, England) · 1998Scanlon TDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78168-X
Child labour in low- and middle-income countries and its consequences for mental health: a systematic literature review of epidemiologic studies.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2016Sturrock S, Hodes MDOI: 10.1007/s00787-016-0864-z

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Average working hours of children

A Palestinian child labourer at the Kalya Junction, Lido beach, Delek petrol station, road 90 near the Dead Sea A child labourer in Dhaka, Bangladesh Child coal miners in Prussia, late 19th century A succession of laws on child labour, the Factory Acts, were passed in the UK in the 19th century. Children younger than 9 were not allowed to work, those aged 9–16 could work 12 hours per day per the Cotton Mills Act. In 1856, the law permitted child labour past age 9, for 60 hours per week, night or day. In 1901, the permissible child labour age was raised to 12. A Chinese child repairing shoes, late 19th century