Who are responsible for child labor ?

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Who are responsible for child labor?

We have to be practical as education alone cannot solve child labor crisis. Child labor is as a result of low or no family income. Generation of employment to rural women and men would rather help reducing this crisis. 'Child labor' children consider themselves as financial contributors to protect parents & family. This site seeks to move beyond just saying child labor is wrong, to understand the social conditions that lead to children being forced to work. 

      Some percentage of child labor comes from brutality/ harassments by parents or stepparents. They are mainly from urban areas of poor’s. This percentage is too less and easily controllable by penalties to such parents and children rights. But rural poverty and lack of employment or partial employment and illiteracy has given birth to majority of child labor problem.

Nearly 30% of populations in poor countries are poorest of poor who are not even able to earn enough for one day food with big family have to largely depend on children to earn and feed. Parents of these children are mainly illiterate or semi literate are unable to find jobs, which can provide enough salary. Dream of education to children is impossible unless suitable employment opportunities made available to at least one person in the family. Simply by opening schools and providing books are not sufficient measures.