Child Labour in the Informal Sector: A Case Study of Child Shoe Polishers in Gulele Keflea Ketma

Shimelis, Solomon (2006) Child Labour in the Informal Sector: A Case Study of Child Shoe Polishers in Gulele Keflea Ketma. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Child labour is pervasive problem throughout the world, especially in developing countries. As in many developing countries, child labour is a widespread problem in Ethiopia. In rural areas, agriculture is by far the dominant sector of child employment where as in urban areas child workers are mostly engaged in the informal sector. There are different types of child labour in the informal sector in Ethiopia but the study focus only on those children who are engaged in shoe shining activities in Gulele sub city. The objective of the study was to know the factors that led the children into shoe shining work, the types of hazards and risks they face, the number of hours they devote to work, the impact of work on the health and education of the working children, the physical and verbal abuse they encountered, they work related injuries they experienced, the type of treatment they received, the evaluation of working children about their work place, literacy status, levels of education and training, the attitude and perception of the children of their current and future life and to systematically observe the working conditions of the child shoe shiners and finally forward some plausible recommendations for consideration. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected by using survey method, focus group discussion and direct observation. The findings of the study indicate that nearly all the child shoe shiners that participated in the study were with disadvantaged background involving lack of access to education, coming from poor families, some being orphaned and having migrated from other parts of Ethiopia to Addis Ababa. According to the study findings working children that participated in the study were forced to engage into shoe shining carrier by so many reasons including the socio- economic and cultural factor of their circumstances. The study findings showed that child shoe shiners that participated in the study were leading adult leaves, normally working for long hours under conditions damaging to their healthy and to their physical development, facing physical and verbal abuse, frequently deprived of meaningful educational opportunities that could open up for them better future. Finally some important recommendations have been raised as a solution to reduce the problem faced by child shoe shiners in the study area.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Tim Khabala
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2018 13:09
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2018 13:09
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8536

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