24 A History of Child Labor in China - 501

AbstractFocusing specifically on colonial Ghana between 1855 and 1914, this article aims to situate the history of child labor in colonial Africa within the larger historiography of African labor history. Relying primarily on the records of the Basel Mission, this article complicates the narrative of labor history by studying how the mission acquired and sustained the labor of children and youth at various mission stations as part of the greater “missionary project.” This article argues that childhood in colonial Ghana can be viewed as a site of contestation between the competing interests of patriarchy, race, and colonial and missionary authority, in which the labor of children was used to achieve a larger degree of control and influence in the region.

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Child Labour Efforts Success or Failure and their Implications for a Country Like Pakistan

Global Educational Studies Review ◽

10.31703/gesr.2020(v-iv).11 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol V (IV) ◽

pp. 98-107

Author(s):

Rifat Jahan ◽

Khalid Rashid

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Child Labor ◽

Child Labour ◽

Underdeveloped Countries ◽

Multiple Factors ◽

Documentary Analysis ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Micro Level ◽

The Government

Child labor existence dates back to the history of mankind; it took various forms and instances over the twitch of time. The worst-hit are the African peninsula and underdeveloped countries of the world, especially South Asia. At the micro-level, Pakistan, India, Iran, Bangladesh are the worst affected. The government of these countries have taken certain initiatives since the malice of child labor is associated with multiple factors, so the success rate is not satisfactory to the level aspired. These initiatives have been taken up in collaboration with ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, OECD, which managed to develop the bodies at provincial and further lower levers but want of coordination lack of zeal and capacity didn't make the projects a real success. A project in the name of Combating Abusive Child Labour II has been taken up to know the success or otherwise of it. It is a qualitative study based on reports and documentary analysis.

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