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Child labour is the exploitation of children through work, which deprives them of their childhood and can harm their physical health, mental wellbeing, and education. It matters because protecting children from such exploitation is essential for ensuring they can develop properly and have opportunities for a better future.
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Research
209,214 papers- Child domestic labour in Pakistan: a narrative review.ReviewJPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association · 2025Abdul Ghaffar RS, Enam KDOI: 10.47391/JPMA.21423
- Child labour and health: a systematic review.International journal of public health · 2018Batomen Kuimi BL, Oppong-Nkrumah O, Kaufman J et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1075-9
- Child labour.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Scanlon TJ, Prior V, Lamarao ML et al.DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7361.401
- Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour.Lancet (London, England) · 2023The LancetDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01046-2
- Child labour.Journal of the Indian Medical Association · 1991Banerjee SR
- Work-free childhood to child labour and street life.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Gunnlaugsson GDOI: 10.1111/apa.16347
- Child labour.Lancet (London, England) · 1998Scanlon TDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78168-X
- Child labour in low- and middle-income countries and its consequences for mental health: a systematic literature review of epidemiologic studies.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2016Sturrock S, Hodes MDOI: 10.1007/s00787-016-0864-z
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- Subclass of
- work
- Image
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- topic's main category
- Category:Child labour
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- WikiProject Human rights
- Commons category
- Child labour
- has cause
- Industrial Revolution
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