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Children and work - a special blog feature

Over the past three weeks, we have published pieces by nine of our members - Neil Howard, Jessica Taft, Rebecca Raby, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Sam Okyere, Omri Grinberg, Peter Kelly, María Florencia Amigó, and Edward van Daalen - on a broad range of issues concerning children and work.

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Rethinking 'harm' in relation to children's work

Neil Howard (University of Bath, United Kingdom) argues that a better understanding of ‘harm’ within children’s work leads us away from the attempt to abolish child labour and towards a focus on child wellbeing.

Read the piece by Neil Howard.

 

“Is that trabajo digno?”: How working children’s movements support children’s activism against exploitation

Jessica Taft (University of California Santa Cruz, United States) examines Peruvian working children’s views on child work – as well as their broader political vision.

Read the piece by Jessica Taft.

 

Very first jobs: The experiences and views of young people in Canada

Rebecca Raby (Brock University, Canada) investigates what Canadian teenagers think about themselves and their peers participating in early paid work.

Read the piece by Rebecca Raby.

 

Historical Reflections on Contemporary Child Labor Debates in the US

Elizabeth Dillenburg (The Ohio State University at Newark, United States) highlights continuities between past and present debates on child labor in the United States.

Read the piece by Elizabeth Dillenburg.

 

Child workers speak: will anybody listen?

Sam Okyere (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) discusses what Ghanaian children say about their work – and how policy responses to child labour should change.

Read the piece by Sam Okyere.

 

Humanitarianism and Criminal Law as Depoliticizing Mechanisms: Israel’s Changing Framing of Palestinian Child Labor

Omri Grinberg (Postdoctoral Fellow (several institutions), Canada) sheds light on Israel’s reframing of Palestinian child labor.

Read the piece by Omri Grinberg.

 

Young People and the Future of Work

Peter Kelly (Deakin University, Australia) outlines new ways to think about young people and the future of work.

Read the piece by Peter Kelly.

 

Climate Change and Child Labour: A preliminary study in four countries

María Florencia Amigó (Macquarie University, Australia) et al. investigate the impact of climate change on child labour in Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Nepal, and Peru.

Read the piece by María Florencia Amigó.

 

Child labour won't be eliminated by 2025, but that's not the end of the world. Here's why – and what we can focus on instead

Edward van Daalen (McGill University, Canada) on the problems with the campaign to abolish child labour by 2025.

Read the piece by Edward van Daalen. 

 

 

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