Understanding child labor in Myanmar
The problem of child labor is worse in Myanmar than nearly anywhere else in the world. Moreover, unlike in many other countries where this practice occurs, in Myanmar, child labor is conducted openly and is widely socially accepted. While one of the driving factors behind the practice is, unsurprisi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2019]
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Journal of global ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 202-212 |
| Further subjects: | B
empirically informed philosophy
B Global Justice B Bioethics B International Ethics B Child Labor |
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| Summary: | The problem of child labor is worse in Myanmar than nearly anywhere else in the world. Moreover, unlike in many other countries where this practice occurs, in Myanmar, child labor is conducted openly and is widely socially accepted. While one of the driving factors behind the practice is, unsurprisingly, poverty, here I will demonstrate that other reasons contribute as well. Drawing on my own field research interviews conducted in December 2017, as well as philosophical analysis, I show that these reasons include, in addition to poverty, poor quality of public education, deeply rooted, strategic injustice in the form of an unfair matriculation exam, and gender inequity in the job market. By wedding theoretical inquiry with empirical investigation, I aim to both explicate the problem and to propose potential solutions. |
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| ISSN: | 1744-9634 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of global ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2019.1690551 |