Child labour had existed before the Industrial Revolution, but with the increase in population and education it became more visible.

The ILO ’ s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour ( IPEC ) was created in 1992 with the overall goal of the progressive elimination of child labour, which was to be achieved through strengthening the capacity of countries to deal with the problem and promoting a worldwide movement to combat child labour.

Child labour not only prevents children from acquiring the skills and education they need for a better future, it also perpetuates poverty and affects national economies through losses in competitiveness, productivity and potential income.

Child labour in a coal mine, United States, ca.

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* Child labour, the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom

Child labour is the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom.

Child labour was not seen as a problem throughout most of history, only becoming a disputed issue with the beginning of universal schooling and the concepts of labourers ' and children's rights.

Child labour can be factory work, mining or quarrying, agriculture, helping in the parents ' business, having one's own small business ( for example selling food ), or doing odd jobs.

Child labour, often brought about by economic hardship, played an important role in the Industrial Revolution from its outset: Charles Dickens, for example, worked at the age of 12 in a blacking factory, with his family in a debtors ' prison.

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Category: Child labour

Forced or compulsory recruitment of anyone under the age of 18 for use in armed conflict, is one of the predefined worst forms of child labour, deemed a form of slavery, in terms of the International Labour Organisation's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999, adopted in 1999.

Category: Child labour

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Category: Child labour

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.

Child labour was employed to varying extents through most of history.

Child labour can also be defined as the full-time employment of children who are under a minimum legal age.

Child labour played an important role in the Industrial Revolution from its outset, often brought about by economic hardship.

Child labour laws may be violated.

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Category: Child labour