Аннотация
Child labour continues to be an ongoing global challenge. Recent international data reveals that approximately 160 million children were involved in various works at the start of 2020 representing nearly 1 in every 10 children worldwide. Roughly half of these children participate in various hazardous works – about 79 million individuals – which directly threatens their physical well being and development. Child labour is most prevalent in low income countries, yet more than half of all child labour occurs in middle income countries. Children may be driven into work for various reasons, most often; child labour occurs when families face financial challenges or uncertainty whether due to poverty, sudden illness of family members, or job less of a primary wage earner. The vast majority of them are found in rural settings and informal urban economies, where children are pre-dominantly employed by their parents, rather than factories. Households overwhelmed by financial strain due to a lack of stable jobs or adequate on wages rely on child labour as a survival strategy.