Problem
Exploitation of children
Other Names:
Denial of right to freedom from exploitation of children Nature:
The types of exploitation of children are not reducible to a common denominator; they differ in severity and in significance. The most repulsive include the sweat-shop system, bondservice, maids-of-all-work in a situation of virtual bondage, and prostitution. Children are highly exploitable, and in certain circumstances their vulnerability is manipulated to their lasting disadvantage. Children are sold into slavery, trained to be criminals, used for human organ transplants, forced into prostitution, abandoned, used for force labour, forced to work in inhuman and dangerous conditions and enlisted into armies.
Broader Problems:
ExploitationVulnerable children Narrower Problems:
Victimization of childrenExploitation of child labourExploitation of children by advertisingDeliberate deformation of children's bodies Related Problems:
Child-marriageRacial exploitationCorruption of minorsExploitation in employmentDiscrimination against children Aggravates:
Cruelty to childrenAdverse childhood experiences Strategies:
Protecting children's rightsRehabilitating traumatized childrenRatifying convention on the rights of the childDenying right to freedom from exploitation of childrenExploiting displaced childrenExploiting childrenPreventing child abuse Subject(s):
Societal Problems → DeprivationSocietal Problems → Maltreatment
Society → Infants
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST