GCSE Geography Theme 7.2.1

Flashcards covering the challenges facing social development in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, focusing on child labour and girls' education.

ILO

The International Labour Organisation's estimated number of child laborers in the world.

168 million

Decreased number of child laborers from 246 million in the year 2000.

Causes of child labor

Poverty, unaffordable school, and family expectations for children to earn money.

Common jobs of child laborers

Farm work, factory work, informal jobs, and hazardous jobs.

ILO's advice to governments to reduce child labor

Invest in education, improve social security, and promote equality between boys’ and girls’ education.

Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015)

Aims to reduce the number of children missing education by 50%.

Sustainable Development Goals 2015–2030 priorities

Quality education (goal 4) and gender equality (goal 5).

Consequences and limitations for social development in countries where more women are uneducated

Children of uneducated mothers are twice as likely to die, women marry later and have fewer children, and education empowers women.