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- Title
Children's Toiling Bodies behind the Tobacco Industry.
- Authors
Santos, Donna Marie P.; Palaganas, Erlinda C.
- Abstract
This study on the tobacco-growing communities in the Northern part of the Philippines unveiled the stark reality of child labor among poor families in rural villages. These children found the tasks of the industry as normal and obligatory. They were made to earn their own money for school, food, and other basic needs such as clothes and personal belongings. This study aimed to give perspective on a child worker's life from their own lens, humanizing the face behind child labor. It unveiled issues, feelings, and deep-seated longings of typical children in tobacco-growing communities: wanting sustenance for their education despite the risks involved, easing their family's burden, finishing studies and preferring work over play. The study also looked at possible mechanisms towards addressing the issue of child labor, which include nurses and social development workers advocating for access to government instruments and raising awareness on the matter.
- Subjects
PHILIPPINES; HUMAN rights; CHILDREN'S rights; CHILD labor; ATTITUDE (Psychology); RURAL conditions; SOCIAL workers; RESEARCH methodology; INDUSTRIES; EXPERIENCE; LIFE; PHENOMENOLOGY; NURSES; CHILD welfare; POVERTY; THEMATIC analysis; TOBACCO
- Publication
Philippine Journal of Nursing, 2022, Vol 92, Issue 2, p58
- ISSN
0048-3818
- Publication type
Article