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Pathways to child work in Tajikistan: narratives of child workers and their parents / Akilova, Mashura

Akilova, Mashura	Journal Article
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A recent child-work study by the International Labour Organization reports that 27% of children in Tajikistan ages 5–17 worked in 2013. Although children worked in agriculture or performed household chores in Soviet Tajikistan, child work for pay is a relatively new phenomenon in modern Tajikistan. This study examines the pathways to child work and the families’ perceptions of child work experiences. Some of the main findings of this study are the themes connected to normalization and acceptance of child work in Tajikistan. These are explained by expectations placed on children at the social, family and personal levels that are in turn affected by macroeconomic forces that are by-products of the transitional economy. The study also explores differences in expectations by gender, age and area of residence.

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Central Asia ; Tajikistan ; Child Labour ; Child Work

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Recognising complexity, embracing diversity / Haider, Mostafa

Haider, Mostafa	Journal Article
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The diversity of children's work and life across the world has generated intense debates on the socio-legal status of working children, particularly in countries of the South. Official legal systems often accord little recognition to working children, while in practice they encompass a distinct yet complex entity. This article examines the tensions between official international and national laws and the actual reality or 'living laws' regarding working children in Bangladesh in a wider interdisciplinary context. While these children are mainly so impoverished that they have to work for their own survival, to deny them any agency in negotiating their position seems misguided. Thus it is argued that the present dominant understanding of child work is not compatible with the real life situations of such children and is, in fact, injurious to their individual interests. The article suggests that a culture-specific analysis which properly diagnoses the contextual struggles of working children in countries like Bangladesh is better suited to minimising the ongoing suffering of working children

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Poverty ; Development ; Bangladesh ; Child Labour ; Child Work

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