The phrase "adolescent labour" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about work performed by young people, particularly in contexts related to child rights, employment laws, or social issues.
Example: "The report highlights the negative impacts of adolescent labour on education and health."
Alternatives: "youth employment" or "teenage work".
Desperate people resort to desperate and degrading measures to survive, including forcing young children and adolescents into abusive labour.
The 3 contrasting viewpoints are: 'The men too want the hospitals because they hear that some women die while giving birth so they want the hospital' P5 5 Adolescents 'Sometimes the labour pain may begin when you are with your spouse and you tell him to accompany you to the hospital since you can't walk on foot.
P2 8WOCBA 'There are some men who care, but very few' P1 8 WOCBA 'The men too want the hospitals because they hear that some women die while giving birth so they want the hospital' P5 5 Adolescents 'Sometimes the labour pain may begin when you are with your spouse and you tell him to accompany you to the hospital since you can't walk on foot.
"In a context riddled with inequities, where children in need are often seen as subjects of assistance rather than rights-holders, it is essential to improve public attitudes, for example as regards child labour or adolescent participation", said UNICEF's Representative Susana Sottoli.
Some countries' Programmes sought to specifically address child labour among adolescents, especially through projects focusing on second-chance, vocational, and life-skills education.
Studies (such as those undertaken by The International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA)) document the threat of vulnerable adolescents being trafficked into labour or sexual slavery; recruited into criminal syndicates or rebel armies; and exposed to violence, disease and displacement.
In resource-poor settings, where access to emergency obstetrical care is often limited, obstetric fistula (OF) usually occurs as a result of prolonged obstructed labour especially in adolescent girls.
At the same time, we see incidences of human trafficking in the region rapidly increasing and more adolescents falling prey to child labour, recruitment as child soldiers and commercial sexual exploitation.
The value of this multidimensional indicator, Gender Inequality Index (GII) is determined by numerous factors including maternal mortality rate, adolescent fertility rate, educational achievement and labour force participation rate.
As Jesmin and Salway note, there are some opportunities for adolescent women in garment factories and domestic labour; but compared to men, scope for upward mobility in labour market and job options is far more constrained [ 14].
