Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 79
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- Second, poverty, in particular rural poverty, is not only a cause but also an obstacle to eradicating slavery in artisanal mining and quarrying. Reports state that a working child incurs huge future income losses due to the negative impact working has on his human capital, health and education. In the case of child slavery in artisanal mining and quarrying, the negative impact is likely to be worse. With the lack of investment in rural livelihoods and alternatives to subsistence farming, mining - particularly gold-mining - is regarded as a quick way of making money. Artisanal miners make one-three times more money from mining than from farming (see E/C.12/MDG/CO/2). However, although better paid than other occupations, it needs to be highlighted that in most of the cases, owing to factors such as debt bondage, inflated prices for basic goods and lack of basic services, wages hardly cover subsistence costs, perpetuating the need for children to work.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 79
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