Child Labor in Lebanon

freshster Labor in LebanonSince umteen historic period, electric s getr grind has been a serious problem that a potentiometer of organizations were trying to deal with. In fact Lebanon is one(a) of the countries low-down from this issue, curiously in short(p) surroundings of the main cities and in rural districts. fit to Kofi Annan(1999), Child labor has serious consequences that stay with the individual and the society for cold longer than the years of childhood. Young not only baptistry wicked determine conditions. They face long term physical, intellectual and emotional stress. They face an adulthood of unemployment and illiteracy. Few human righteousnesss crimes ar so colossally condemned, til now so widely unnoticed For these purposes Im against child labor, and I say its the duty of the government to help work children.According to UNICEF response to child employment, Child labor is reported as one of the social problems in Lebanon. in that respect be a bout 3163 children durationd 10-13 years that work in Lebanon, age the number of those looking for work in this age group is 1947. These oppose respectively 1.2% and 0.7% of the total population in that age group. On the new(prenominal) hand, there ar 28786 functional children aged 14-17 years and 9525 of that same age group looking for work, representing 10.9% and 3.6% respectively of children in that age group. The region of northeasterly Lebanon has the highest proportion of working children with respect to the two age groups 10-13 years and 14-17 years. It is followed by the region of Mount Lebanon, then Beirut, Beqaa and the South. Over in all, the districts of Tripoli, Minyeh, Akkar, Baabda, Baalbeck, Zahleh, Saida and Tyre puzzle about 80% of working children aged 10-13 years. In the North, working children are found loosely in the districts of Tripoli, Akkar and Minyeh (91-97% of working children in this region). In the region of Mount Lebanon, the districts of Baa bda and Metn have the highest proportion of working children. More specifically, the poor urban neighborhoods of Bab Tebbaneh in Tripoli, Bourj Barajneh in Baabda and Bourj Hammoud in Metn are the worst affected areas in these districts.(UNICEF, 2008, p.1-2)Many children are working 6 days a week and more than 10 hours a day in hard fields curiously identical agriculture. According to ILO(International Labor Organization office in Beirut) Children are working hard for price of 7 dollars a week sometimes which is unfair. Employer s are interested in hiring teenagers and children chthonic eighteen because they are cheaper especially when their sugar are less than expected. Employer does not care about the feelings of the unfledged youths they, keep mistreating them by giving them choirs they cannot handle. Walid a two-year-old child livelihood in Tarik al jdideh (Beirut), is a ten year old son working in a garage. Walid works from 8 am coin box 6 pm fixing cars and squeeze p aid 10 dollars per week. Walid is incessantly complaining of the hard work he is supposed to handle, and from the maltreatment of his boss. Walid is one proof that working children are pathetic in Lebanon. Most of these dupes are boys, maltreated in several cities and villages in Lebanon whereas they are forced to await heavy loads, handle chemicals, marble cutting, selling items on roads under bad circumstances and in farms where they are exposed to pesticides. Children laboring in gardening may as well as be constrained to assemble tobacco, boodle cane, and other crops where they volition be subjected to equally harmful conditions. Moreover, kids are make to use dangerous machinery, handle toxic chemicals without protective gear they are also confronting sexual abuse or sla rattling, especially girls that are interchange from their parents to realize extra money. Most of these kids are working in truly bad conditions affecting their health, living differently from a nor mal kid and risking their future. Racha is a good example of a teenager who was forced to foreswear from her stomach in the village to work as a maidservant in the industrialized Aley district. Rasha had been raped by the man in the house after several temptations made by him. Sexual abuse of working boys and girls is a crime that impart probably destroy the life of the young youths. (Alami, 2007, p.1-2)Many children are dropping out from check and leaving their training in order to work and give money for their parents. The learning direct of laboring kids is too small comparing to the learning level of the labor force in all areas in Lebanon. The fortune of un meliorate worker in the labor force in Lebanon is about 49%, this percentage is 95% concerning children working aged in the midst of 10 and 13 years and 84% of those age between 14 and 17 years. (UNICEF, 2008). Yusuf a 12 years old guy who works now in agriculture, is a good example of many kids who left instruct early and cacographyed working. It is the right of the children to make for education and go to school instead of that they are go about problems that pushes them to leave school and start working. Many young kids lose their ambitions in order to work and help their fathers. It is unfair for children to drop out from school as their future will be ruined, they will have to work the same work they are working today not having a bachelor degree they wont be able to go however in their lives. It is also unfair for them to miss all the joy of the school days. School days are the best days of a child life as he meets friends in school, develop relations, and learn how to interact with others. School is a basic time needed by the children earlier getting to the large world of work. (Alami, 2007, p. 2-3)Somehow child labor has a big influence on the society. When the number of working children increases the number of non improve adults will increase, children will be the future of th e societies. A society of non educated society is a rural society where people have no respect for each other. You can see that these kinds of societies are the societies where more problems happen, where no one understand the other, and where the neighbor kill his neighbor. As we said in advance the number of working children is bigger in rural countries of Lebanon wish Tripoli, and Bekaa, in effect these are two countries that are full of problems as we see on the news every day. Problems always happen in Tripoli between the people living there in the Bekaa also car steeling and crimes are very often. Education pushes the society to a higher level, and since education is take between young working kids their society will be on a lower level than others. Poor societies are societies where most kids start working early. Such societies will always be poor as no one will get educated enough to get a suitable job. So a main problem of the poor societies in Lebanon is child labor. (S chmitz Traver Larson, 2004)The opposing point of view is the one of the parents of the children and the employers who hires children. Parents when in need oblige their kids to go and get a job in order to make money. Some parents think that their oldest son should leave everything and go to work to help his brothers and sisters. This is common in most Lebanese areas as we see in most families the older son suffers from lack of education. These parents also think that their children are born to serve them and to help them get money to live more comfortably. Some parents that they were also working in very early ages of their life would let their children work in purpose that they will be stronger and more experienced and might be able to advantageously go over hard situations they may face in the future. otherwise parents might sell their daughters by saying that they will get unify sooner or later so why dont they sell them and earn high revenue of money. Employers also say tha t they are hiring children who came freely to get work and they are not doing something wrong so they can profit of the low salary these children get which make the cost of the products less and they will be in fewer prices in the market so all the people will also profit. We can see that most restaurants in Lebanon hire young boys for the delivery choirs for example and for serving clients etcPersonally I think its very wrong for the parents to let their kids work at young age especially if they work under the supervision of abusing bosses. Kids are suffering in their work as they work in dangerous chemicals and pesticides. Kids have the rights to learn and live their childhood happily and safely. Some employers are criminals because they abuse children such employers should be caught and arrested because of their actions against children who are so weak to say no or to protest against their parents and bosses.Finally Child labor is a wide problem that should be regulated especiall y in Lebanon. Children are suffering in their work, dropping out from school early, and infecting the whole society. I think government should work on reducing the number of working children, and to catch the hours of work and the salaries. By fixing these issues working children will have best work situation, better opportunities by going to school, having normal life like every teenager should get. It is their right to learn so they can draw successful persons in their societies.