Child Labor Today: A Human Rights Issue »

Children work at hard jobs in awful conditions all over the world-even in the United States. Some are forced to work as household servants; some toil in the fields; some even fight as soldiers. In Child Labor Today: A Human Rights Issue, author Wendy Herumin explores the economic and cultural background of this serious topic. She describes the difficult situations many children endure and looks at ways that their lives can be improved.

Bleak Futures, Bright Hopes     7
Children at Work     17
Abuses in the Workplace     24
Trapped in Slave Labor     42
At Work in The Informal Economy     54
Why Children Work     66
Searching for Solutions     72
A Look Ahead     85
Chapter Notes     92
Glossary     106
Further Reading     108
Internet Addresses     109
Index     110