[en] The majority of children in Burkina Faso undertake work and, compared to other West African countries, it has the highest rate of children involved in hazardous work (Diallo 2008; NISD 2008), which is one working child out of two. Based on a qualitative survey, this chapter presents the perspectives of Burkinabe children working in two of the hazardous sectors: a quarry and an artisanal mine. The findings show that children acknowledge very difficult working conditions in these sites. However a variety of reasons maintain them in work, which they perceive as a solution and thus challenging action against child labour in Burkina Faso.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Wouango, Joséphine ; Université de Liège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Sociologie du développement
Language :
English
Title :
Children’s perspectives on their working lives and on public action against child labour in Burkina Faso
Publication date :
2015
Main work title :
Children's Work and Labour in East Africa
Author, co-author :
Bourdillon, Michael
Crivello, Gina
Editor :
Pankhurst, Alula
Publisher :
Organization for Social Science Research in East Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
