Child Labor Diamonds. Children aged between 5 and 16 were used in hard labour for ten hours a day digging in soil and gravel before sifting with a pan for gemstones and shifting heavy mud believed to contain diamonds In collaboration with World Vision and Aim Sierra Leone the Ministry of Gender and Childrens Affairs registered 1200. Children are often forced to work long hours and receive little to no pay.
UNDESIRABLE AND HAZARDOUS WORK. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Child labor is also prevalent in the diamond cutting and polishing industry.
Child labor understood as the worst forms of child labor per se under Article 3ac of ILO C.
Young women and children were often subjected to forced labor at alluvial diamond and gold mines and on rubber plantations. Working in diamond mines is heavy labor. In India which handles the cutting polishing and manufacturing of 92 percent of the worlds diamonds 28 children are reportedly involved in cutting and polishing diamonds. Children aged between 5 and 16 were used in hard labour for ten hours a day digging in soil and gravel before sifting with a pan for gemstones and shifting heavy mud believed to contain diamonds In collaboration with World Vision and Aim Sierra Leone the Ministry of Gender and Childrens Affairs registered 1200.
