Análisis socio jurídico del trabajo infantil en el sector de reciclaje de la ciudad de Barranquilla, Atlántico

Abstract

Child labor has become a problem that afflicts the entire world and that concentrates efforts of different kinds to face it. This phenomenon has been of analysis for many years, given the existing concern about the implications that has not only for the individual development of the population, but also for the development social and economic of any country. According to the latest ILO report (2020) on child labor. Estimates world cups 2020, trends and the way forward; it is possible to visualize a downward trend of the global fight against child labor, which has been maintained in a decreasing way since the years 2000 but presenting a stagnation from 2016 to 2020. According to the (ILO, 2020) the latest world estimates indicate that "160 million children -63 million girls and 97 million boys- were in a situation of child labor globally at the beginning of 2020, representing almost 1 in 10 children worldwide. A total of 79 million children – almost half of all children in child labor – were engaged in hazardous work that directly endangered their health, safety and moral development”, the foregoing, recognizing that child labor worldwide is more frequent among boys than among girls at all ages. “The highest percentage of child labor takes place in families. 72% of children in child labor and 83% of child labor among children between the ages of 5 and 11 take place in families, mainly on family farms or in family micro-enterprises. Child labor in families is often dangerous, despite the widespread perception that the family offers a safer working environment.