There are 720 Thousand Child Workers in Turkey

‘Covid-19 May Push Millions of Children into Child Labor’ - English bianet

Child labor could become a coping mechanism’

According to the report, COVID-19 could result in a rise in poverty and therefore to an increase in child labor as households use every available means to survive. As also indicated by the report, there are some studies showing that a one percentage point rise in poverty leads to at least a 0.7 per cent increase in child labor in certain countries.

“In times of crisis, child labor becomes a coping mechanism for many families,” UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has also indicated about the issue and continued as follows:

"As poverty rises, schools close and the availability of social services decreases, more children are pushed into the workforce

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