Over the past three weeks, we have published pieces by nine of our members - Neil Howard, Jessica Taft, Rebecca Raby, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Sam Okyere, Omri Grinberg, Peter Kelly, María Florencia Amigó, and Edward van Daalen - on a broad range of issues concerning children and work.
Source: Wikipedia.
Neil Howard (University of Bath, United Kingdom) argues that a better understanding of ‘harm’ within children’s work leads us away from the attempt to abolish child labour and towards a focus on child wellbeing.
Read the piece by Neil Howard.
Jessica Taft (University of California Santa Cruz, United States) examines Peruvian working children’s views on child work – as well as their broader political vision.
Read the piece by Jessica Taft.
Rebecca Raby (Brock University, Canada) investigates what Canadian teenagers think about themselves and their peers participating in early paid work.
Read the piece by Rebecca Raby.
Elizabeth Dillenburg (The Ohio State University at Newark, United States) highlights continuities between past and present debates on child labor in the United States.
Read the piece by Elizabeth Dillenburg.
Sam Okyere (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) discusses what Ghanaian children say about their work – and how policy responses to child labour should change.
Read the piece by Sam Okyere.
Omri Grinberg (Postdoctoral Fellow (several institutions), Canada) sheds light on Israel’s reframing of Palestinian child labor.
Read the piece by Omri Grinberg.
Peter Kelly (Deakin University, Australia) outlines new ways to think about young people and the future of work.
Read the piece by Peter Kelly.
María Florencia Amigó (Macquarie University, Australia) et al. investigate the impact of climate change on child labour in Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Nepal, and Peru.
Read the piece by María Florencia Amigó.
Edward van Daalen (McGill University, Canada) on the problems with the campaign to abolish child labour by 2025.
Read the piece by Edward van Daalen.