Worldvision: No Child For Sale

NO CHILD FOR SALE 115 MILLION of the world's children are sold or trafficked into the SALE PRICE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR SALE PRICE - the 3-D jobs: DANGERUS D'RTY DEGRADING Dirty, dangerous and degrading jobs may include any job where a child is doing work that is likely to be hazardous, to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. THIS TYPE OF WORK IS A FORM OF CHILD SLAVERY. The past 5 years has seen a 20% increase in the number of child labourers. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 THERE ARE 215 MILLION CHILD LABOURERS WORLDWIDE 53% of child labourers work in 3D jobs. Of those children: 59% ARE IN AGRICULTURE Fishing, Forestry, livestock herding, commercial farming Dangerous equipment/breathing in dangerous chemicals and pesticides, little-to-no pay 30% ARE IN SERVICES XXX Sex trafficking, sex tourism, brothels, Domestic service, Nanny, housekeeping, fetching water and food, cleaning Long-term psychological damage, exposure to STDS. Abuse, little-to-no-pay, hidden from public view 11% ARE IN INDUSTRY Mining, Diamonds, gold, granite and other resources, Hard labour, Brick factories, stone quarries, Sweatshops, factories, manufacturing Risk of mine collapse, long hours, dangerous equipment. Body breaking labour, risk losing limbs, dangerous equipment. Abuse at hands of their captors, exhausting work, little-to-no pay Boys outnumber girls 2:1 among older children in hazardous work. Girls outnumber boys in domestic services. PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN AGED 5-17 ENGAGED IN WORKING IN 3-D JOBS 7.3% Worldwide 173 countries have committed to abolishing the worst forms of child labour.? 5.6% Asia and the Pacific 6.7% Latin America and the Caribbean 15.1% Sub-Saharan Africa 5.7% Other Regions TRENDS IN CHILD EMPLOYMENT BY GENDER 4 Children in Employment Total Child Population 21.3% 804,000 2004 19.9% 762,300 21.4% 762,300 2008 16.9% 766,397 Child Labour 14.9% 804,000 2004 13.5% 762,300 15.6% 762,300 2008 11.4% 766,397 Hazardous Work 14.9% 804,000 2004 13.5% 762, 300 15.6% 762,300 2008 11.4% 766,397 There are 115,314,000 Children working in hazardous jobs. That is 2x the population of children in Canada (who have access to education, shelter clothing, medicine) s THE ROOT CAUSES OF CHILD EXPLOITATION POVERTY CRISIS CHRONIC EMERGEN CY CONFLICT Unemployment, Lack of Education Natural Disasters, Death of Parent(s) Repeat drought or famine War, Government Corruption Vulnerable and desperate families may be tricked, forced or believe they have no other option but to send their children to work. Most often, families are unaware that their children are entering into dirty, dangerous and degrading jobs. TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THIS EHICAL SHOPPER 1. You can raise your voice NO CHILD FOR SALE 20 0 0 0 0 0 You can put your dollars to work 3. You can shop responsibly FAIRTRADE UT You can send donations... 4. or sponsor a child You can petition your government to take action to end child slavery NO CHILD FOR SALE My Name 6. @ Status Photo Place I Life Event 2011 2010 You can spread the word... on facebook or on Twitter #NoChildForSale NO CHILD FOR SALE Post World Vision Let's tell the world NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE FOR SALE #NoChildForSale www.nochildforsale.ca You Tube Sources 1 Children in Hazardous Work; International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC, 2011) http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/--dcomm/--publ/documents/publication/wcms_155428.pdf 2 Children in Hazardous Work; International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC, 2011) http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/-dgreports/--dcomm/--publ/documents/publication/wcms_155428.pdf 3 Source: IPEC: Global child labour development: Measuring trends from 2004 to 2008 (Geneva, ILO, 2008) 4 Source: IPEC: Global child labour development: Measuring trends from 2004 2008 (Geneva, ILO, 2008) 5 StatsCan http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120927/t120927b003-eng.htm