{"product_id":"2940149069781","title":"Urban Child Labor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti","description":"Port-au-Prince has a large population of child workers, many of whom work on the streets.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, little previous research has been conducted on the working and living conditions of\u003cbr\u003ethese children. This study was commissioned by the United States Department of Labor\u003cbr\u003e(USDOL) to contribute to the international discourse on exploitative child labor, raise awareness\u003cbr\u003eabout child labor in urban areas in Haiti, and inform current and future technical assistance\u003cbr\u003eefforts of USDOL. The research objectives were to:\u003cbr\u003e1. Understand the root causes of urban child labor;\u003cbr\u003e2. Discover the types of work children perform and their working conditions;\u003cbr\u003e3. Map and understand the geographic characteristics of child labor in urban areas in\u003cbr\u003eHaiti;\u003cbr\u003e4. Capture information about the lives of children outside of work, including their living\u003cbr\u003econditions, familial relationships, and educational status;\u003cbr\u003e5. Understand the perceptions of children and adults on urban child labor;\u003cbr\u003e6. Understand how the earthquake may have affected urban child labor in Haiti; and\u003cbr\u003e7. Discover what programs and policies exist to address the root causes of urban child\u003cbr\u003elabor.\u003cbr\u003eThis qualitative study provided findings on these objectives using a total of 216 in-depth\u003cbr\u003einterviews with four types of respondents: formal experts, informal experts who witness child\u003cbr\u003ework, child workers, and family members of child workers.\u003cbr\u003eUnsurprisingly, the study concluded that poverty was an important factor in urban child work.\u003cbr\u003eMany children worked to support themselves or their families and reported that they would not\u003cbr\u003ebe able to nourish themselves without working. Another cause of child labor was children living\u003cbr\u003eaway from their parents. The underlying causes for the large number of children living away\u003cbr\u003efrom their parents were varied. Many parents were deceased, suggesting that public health issues\u003cbr\u003ewere a cause. Other children left home because of discord within their families while others\u003cbr\u003esimply seemed to relish independence. Children’s relationships with their parents varied greatly.\u003cbr\u003eSome lived with their parents, some had never met them, and some were estranged.\u003cbr\u003eThe study did not find evidence that children were relocated to Port-au-Prince with the purpose\u003cbr\u003eof exploitation among the children interviewed. There were possible indications of forced labor\u003cbr\u003efor a few children, but the data were inadequate to declare conclusively whether these children\u003cbr\u003ewere indeed in conditions of forced labor.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084591775984,"sku":"2940149069781","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149069781_p0.jpg?v=1763718747","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149069781","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}