Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Child labour or child work? Whither policy |
Author: | Muzvidziwa, Victor Ngonidzashe |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Research Review (ISSN 0855-4412) |
Volume: | 22 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 23-33 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | child labour working conditions children's rights labour policy law poverty |
Abstract: | Based on anthropological research on working children in Zimbabwe, the argument presented in this paper is not whether or not children should work, for the focus should rather be on the conditions under which they work. Often, in poor countries children have to work as a survival strategy. The role of children in poor households demands that they work as a way to ensure household survival. The problematic of child work has policy implications and is something that poor countries need to address taking their specific situations into account instead of embracing policies based on Northern definitions, perceptions and notions of childhood. Child work can be seen as a legitimate activity and an acceptable face of poverty in poor countries. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited] |