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  title info:
    title: Hazardous Child Labour in Latin America
  name:
    name part: Lieten, G.K.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIV, 230 p. online resource.
  abstract: From children working on Bolivian sugar cane plantations to child miners in Peru, child labour lingers on in many parts of the world, including Latin America. There are various reasons as to why child labour continues to be such a tenuous social problem. There is disagreement on its causes and thus also disagreement on the solutions. There is even disagreement on the extent of the problem. In order to bridge this lack of information and to stimulate policy interventions, the IREWOC Foundation (International Research on Working Children) has undertaken action-based research in the field of the worst forms of child labour in Latin America. This book is based on the foundation’s research. It aims to document the living and working conditions of child labourers, to explore the true reasons why children are (still) working under harmful conditions, and to identify and analyse initiatives of governmental and non-governmental organisations to eliminate these worst forms of child labour. In the face of challenges imposed by achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the UN, specific attention was paid to educational initiatives. Although the evidence from the various cases discussed in the book illustrates positive trends in terms of the worst forms of child labour, thousands of children were still found to be engaged in activities that form a direct threat to their health and jeopardize their education. This book proposes several practical recommendations for possible interventions. It offers a qualitative focus and concentrates on the community level.
  table of contents: Note -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Worst Forms of Child Labour in Latin America - G.K. Lieten -- Chapter 2 - Child Labour in an Urban Setting: Markets and Waste Collection in Lima - Anna Ensing -- Chapter 3 - The Risks of Becoming a Street Child: Working Children on the Streets of Lima and Cusco - Talinay Strehl -- Chapter 4 - Child Miners in Cajamarca, Peru - Marten van den Berge -- Chapter 5 - Stone Quarries in Guatemala - Luisa Moreno Ruiz -- Chapter 6 - Ore Mining in Bolivia - Laura Baas -- Chapter 7 - Mining at High Altitudes in Peru - Anna Ensing -- Chapter 8 - Children in Traditional and Commercial Agriculture - Marten van den Berge -- Chapter 9 - Coffee in Guatemala - Luisa Moreno Ruiz -- Chapter 10 - Children on Bolivian Sugar Cane Plantations - Laura Baas -- Chapter 11 - Concluding Remarks and Recommendations - G.K. Lieten -- Resources.
  note: edited by G.K. Lieten.
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Ethics
  subject:
    topic: Maternal and child health services
  subject:
    topic: Medical research
  subject:
    topic: Labor economics
  subject:
    topic: Quality of life
  subject:
    topic: Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Quality of Life Research
  subject:
    topic: Labor Economics
  subject:
    topic: Ethics
  subject:
    topic: Maternal and Child Health
  classification: HN25
  classification: 306
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