Child Labor - China : Abortion

Abortion in China has been an important means to enforce "China's One Child per Family Policy", in 2008, there are about 13 millions abortions been performed. Abortions is another major reason that caused child labor in China, because of abortions, many child have to survive by themselves. Especially, some of them are sisters and brother, so when the older went to work about 12 years old, they wait for the younger one until 6 or 8, then they will bring them to work.





The 2 girls in the picture were sisters that had been aborted by their parent, the older one (who wear the white shirt) is 12 years old, and the younger that behind her were 7 years old, they both working for this factory about 3 years.





Many child had lost their lives or had been injured from child labor, also, many child labor were from aged 5- 14 working full time in dangerous working conditions. In China, children try to escape poverty or school, so they turning to factories. Even it said that school children were also put out to work. They worked in sweatshops in exporting industries including garments, textiles, fireworks, and toys. They worked almost 10 -14 hours a day, and sometimes are required to extend work time to two 24 hour shifts a month in order to finish the product of the holiday demand for Christmas...etc (U.S. Department of Labor).