Child labor in Brazil grew from 2019 to 2022
The rise under Bolsonaro interrupted a three-year decline
Published on 22/12/2023 - 14:39 By Bruno de Freitas Moura - Rio de Janeiro
After a three-year decline, child labor increased in Brazil between 2019 and 2022, during former President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration. Last year, 1.881 million people aged five to 17 were victims of it, as per a survey released Wednesday (Dec. 20) by the statistics bureau IBGE.
The survey started in 2016, when IBGE identified 2.112 million people in this situation. Up to 2019, the number fell steadily, down to 1.758 million. Due to the pandemic, the study was not published in 2020 and 2021.
To define child labor, IBGE follows the guidelines of the International Labor Organization (ILO), which describes it as “work that is dangerous and harmful to the health and mental, physical, social, or moral development of children, interfering with their schooling.” Informal activities with excessive working hours are also included.
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The list includes activities in places such as sawmills, the extractive industry, sewage, slaughterhouses, and mangrove swamps. They involve intense physical effort, heat, unhealthy conditions, and other factors that can cause fractures, mutilation, poisoning, and other harm to minors.
More:
https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/direitos-humanos/noticia/2023-12/child-labor-brazil-grew-2019-2022
