The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1

Currently the world is going through an unprecedented health, social, human and economic crisis due to the pandemic caused by the disease COVID-19. Even though in the current health crisis derived from COVID-19, the frequency of infection and mortality in the child population are lower than in other...

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spelling oai-11362-456842021-11-30T13:08:40Z The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1 OIT NU. CEPAL COVID-19 VIRUS EPIDEMIAS EMPLEO TRABAJO DE MENORES NIÑOS ADOLESCENTES SALUD INFANTIL BIENESTAR DE LA INFANCIA DERECHOS DEL NIÑO ENFERMEDADES VIROSICAS COVID-19 VIRUSES EPIDEMICS EMPLOYMENT CHILD LABOUR CHILDREN ADOLESCENTS CHILD HEALTH CHILD WELFARE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD VIRAL DISEASES Currently the world is going through an unprecedented health, social, human and economic crisis due to the pandemic caused by the disease COVID-19. Even though in the current health crisis derived from COVID-19, the frequency of infection and mortality in the child population are lower than in other age groups, children are being affected by the socioeconomic impacts and, in some cases, by mitigation measures that may inadvertently cause more harm than benefit. The pandemic will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, including an increased risk of child marriage1, child labour, and teenage pregnancy. According to ILO estimates (2017), the percentage of children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years-old in child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean fell from 10.8% in 2008 to 7.3% in 2016, which is equivalent to a decrease of 3.7 million people in this situation. Despite this good news, there are still around 10.5 million children and adolescents in child labour, and the current situation has the potential to reverse this positive trend, placing the region at risk of not being able to reach Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as it relates to “ending child labour in all its forms by 2025”. 2020-06-11T15:20:36Z 2020-06-11T15:20:36Z 2020-06-11 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/45684 en .pdf 21 páginas. application/pdf AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ILO ECLAC
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topic COVID-19
VIRUS
EPIDEMIAS
EMPLEO
TRABAJO DE MENORES
NIÑOS
ADOLESCENTES
SALUD INFANTIL
BIENESTAR DE LA INFANCIA
DERECHOS DEL NIÑO
ENFERMEDADES VIROSICAS
COVID-19
VIRUSES
EPIDEMICS
EMPLOYMENT
CHILD LABOUR
CHILDREN
ADOLESCENTS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD WELFARE
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
VIRAL DISEASES
spellingShingle COVID-19
VIRUS
EPIDEMIAS
EMPLEO
TRABAJO DE MENORES
NIÑOS
ADOLESCENTES
SALUD INFANTIL
BIENESTAR DE LA INFANCIA
DERECHOS DEL NIÑO
ENFERMEDADES VIROSICAS
COVID-19
VIRUSES
EPIDEMICS
EMPLOYMENT
CHILD LABOUR
CHILDREN
ADOLESCENTS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD WELFARE
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
VIRAL DISEASES
The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1
description Currently the world is going through an unprecedented health, social, human and economic crisis due to the pandemic caused by the disease COVID-19. Even though in the current health crisis derived from COVID-19, the frequency of infection and mortality in the child population are lower than in other age groups, children are being affected by the socioeconomic impacts and, in some cases, by mitigation measures that may inadvertently cause more harm than benefit. The pandemic will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, including an increased risk of child marriage1, child labour, and teenage pregnancy. According to ILO estimates (2017), the percentage of children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years-old in child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean fell from 10.8% in 2008 to 7.3% in 2016, which is equivalent to a decrease of 3.7 million people in this situation. Despite this good news, there are still around 10.5 million children and adolescents in child labour, and the current situation has the potential to reverse this positive trend, placing the region at risk of not being able to reach Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as it relates to “ending child labour in all its forms by 2025”.
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title The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1
title_short The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1
title_full The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1
title_fullStr The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1
title_full_unstemmed The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1
title_sort covid-19 pandemic could increase child labour in latin america and the caribbean. technical note n° 1
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