Abstract:

Studying child labor, poverty, and education requires multifaceted approaches. An estimated 152 million children are involved in labor, which can harm their well-being or inhibit their education. With global commitments to eradicate all child labor, 8.7 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals aims to achieve this by 2025. The International Labor Organization provides an executive summary of the policies and programs that the plan entails. Focusing on inclusive and equitable education, social protection systems, decent working conditions, and legal standards and regulations, the ILO works to implement various social and legal policies in these categories. With that said, the ILO acknowledges the decline in progress as the percentage of children in child labor lessens each year. Data from the executive summary, as well as the most recent child labor and poverty indexes, reveals that such exploitation is a multi-dimensional problem.

This paper focuses on the correlation between thriving child labor, poverty rates, and educational attainment to determine how they significantly hinder all methods of social progress. The rise of industrialism adds an additional layer of complications as first-world countries grow dependent on unsustainable production rates. Meanwhile, significant industries are unwilling to lessen their extreme practices, which can involve child labor. These findings conclude that the global issue of child labor cannot be treated as a one-dimensional problem. Strong measures must be taken to make considerable progress by 2025 that work beyond policies.

Keywords:

Child Labor, Poverty Rates, Educational Attainment.