Child Labor

U.N. warns pandemic could force millions into child labor

The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic threatens to force millions of children into low-paying and dangerous jobs to help their families survive, which may lead to the first rise in Child Labor in at least two decades, the United Nations warned on Friday.

A joint report published by Unicef and the International Labor Organization said increased economic insecurity, clogged supply chains, shuttered manufacturing and strained government coffers for social security caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing families into poverty and may result in millions of children seeking dangerous and exploitive work.

Those already working as Child Laborers may feel pressure to work longer hours under worsening conditions, which could be detrimental to their health and safety, the report said.

"As the pandemic wreaks havoc on family incomes, without support, many could resort to Child Labor," ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said in a statement. "Social protection is vital in times of crisis, as it provides assistance to those who are most vulnerable. Integrating Child Labor concerns across broader policies for education, social protection, justice labor markets and international human and labor rights makes a critical difference."

The coronavirus, which first emerged late last year in Wuhan, China, before spreading around the globe, has forced countries to slam their borders shut, place their citizenry under lockdown and close all but essential businesses, causing markets to contract the world over.

According to a report published earlier this week by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Develop, the pandemic could create "the most severe recession in nearly a century" with global gross domestic product potentially contracting by 7.6 percent this year.

Not all work done by children is considered Child Labor, the ILO explains on its website.

According to the U.N. agency, Child Labor generally refers to work that deprives children of their childhood and specifically as work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful and that interferes with their schooling.

The worst forms of Child Labor separate children from their parents, expose them to hazards and illness or result in their enslavement, the ILO said.

Since 2000, Child Labor has decreased from nearly 250 million child workers to 152 million, according to statistics from the ILO.

The coronavirus pandemic, however, threatens to cause the first increase in child laborers since the start of that decline, the report said, adding that evidence is starting to show child labor is rising with schools closing to stymie the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 7.5 million people resulting in 421,000 deaths worldwide, according to a tracker of the virus by Johns Hopkins University.

"In times of crisis, Child Labor becomes a coping mechanism for many families," said Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore in a statement. "As poverty rises, schools close and the availability of social services decreases, more children are pushed into the workforce."

To prevent children from being forced into such work, the report suggests countries to guarantee poor families access to credit to help keep their children in school, create decent work for adults who have lost their jobs, strengthen labor administration and enforcement and enact comprehensive social protection measures, such as passing policies that transition informal workers into the formal economy, among others.

"As we reimagine the world post-COVID, we need to make sure that children and their families have the tools they need to weather similar storms in the future," Fore said. "Quality education, social protection services and better economic opportunities can be game-changers."

The two U.N. agencies said they are developing a simulation model to see the impacts of COVID-19 on child labor with new global estimates to be published next year.

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Human Race Vanished

Human Race vanished :

You are one of 7.6 billion people on earth . But what's that mean? How can those 10 digits properly reflect the size of our species?  

To better understand the presence on Earth we consider a variety of tactics like how many emails were sent per day, how many cars are present on the road etc. 

Suddenly Human Disappears:

If all humans disappeared life would flourish.

If Human Race Vanished suddenly from the Earth it will cause chaos , aeroplanes, trains, and automobiles without drivers will collide, derail, and fall from the sky.

Within the first hour mass blackout will start to occur across the globe. Electricity generated from the coal plant would fail once fuel ran out.

Wind and water power systems would also shut down without human supervision. The next day the computers would act on their own accord to shut down the nuclear reactor in order to prevent disaster . The world would be completely without power. 

London's big bang will ring for the last time, since it needs to be round every three day.

The city will be populated with the roaming animals. The pets and zoo animals should have to break free or have to suffer starvation.

Within 10 days security measures in  nuclear power plants would finally fail, setting off a chain of explosions and realising toxic radiations all over the earth.

Water life:

The water life in affected areas might die but other species get prevelage. The water quality and cooling water would increase.  And in a month the water would get clean and life inside it would get better.

Animals Life:

Domesticated animals and wild animals' lives also get affected . Domestic animals have to break free themselves else they have to suffer starvation. The wild animals would be free to roam in the cities freely. 

The pets roam in search of food. Supermarkets will be full of rats and mices , pets will eat everything they get to satisfy their hunger.

The cities in some years will look like natural theme parks. Nuclear radiation would clear and vegetation would sprout all over the city. Moss will take over the streets, trees and flowers will travel up to long abandoned towers.

After 30 years  the satellites we set up to explore would fall down to earth with no one to collect data. Homes and skyscrapers would have collapsed . And in some coastal areas the entire city  will be reclaimed by the sea. All ships sank down the sea and the foundation of new coral reefs took place.

Global warming would continue after the 4 years we have gone. The temperature will rise , the environment will improve drastically. 

After 60 years marine life will recover itself, which has been damaged due to fishing. And in 150 years the urban environment will be restored to its natural environment as it was before humans. In 500 years the forest would be the healthiest than ever, the northern areas will be covered by layers of snow. And in 1000 years the Earth will recover itself by every damage which was caused during human existence.

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