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标题：Female Child Labourers in Zimbabwe: A Challenge to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
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作者：Narainsamy Naidu ; Kudzai Chinyoka
期刊名称：Journal of Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0971-8923
出版年度：2014
卷号：38
期号：3
页码：241-246
出版社：Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi
摘要：Child la bou r negates the provisions of the Mille nnium Development Goa ls (MD Gs) . In Z imbabwe, many girl children are involved in child la bour , subjec ted to inhuman trea tment a s some suffe r physic al a bu se, economic exploitation a nd denia l of opportunity to educa tion. The thrust of this pa per involves an investiga tion into female child labour as a hindr ance to the a chievement of the MDG s in Ma svingo, Zimbabwe. The resear ch utilised the qualitative methods and data was collected using observa tions a nd interviews. Sca rcity of resources for sc hooling, broken fa milies and poverty in households w ere noted to fu el the problem of child labou r. The study established tha t the MDGs and child labour are inextricably linked ca using a myria d of cha llenges to fema le child la bourers in Masvingo. The fema le child labourers identified drug abuse, malnutrition a nd health rela ted problems, dropping out of school and ea rly marr ia ge s a s the major fa ctors that impede on the a chievement of th e MDG s. Su bsequently, as a wa y forwa rd, the r esea rchers proposed that there is need for the government to ha r monise the Inter na tiona l Labour O rganiz ation (ILO) la bou r laws with child r ights la ws which ma ke it an offe nce to e nga ge childr en (0-18 yea rs) in a ny form of la bour.
关键词：Child Labour. Impediment. Labour L aws. Poverty. Zimbabwe