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ArticleHealth and human rights2018

Child Labor in Global Tobacco Production: A Human Rights Approach to an Enduring Dilemma.

Athena K Ramos

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Article in Health and human rights, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Athena K RamosAssistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion, Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, and a faculty fellow with the Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska.
Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tobacco production is a multi-billion-dollar global industry. Unfortunately, the cultivation of tobacco engages the labor of children throughout the world in extremely dangerous environments, which has both immediate and long-term consequences for children and society. This paper explores the human rights concerns associated with child labor in tobacco production by highlighting three countries-the United States, Kazakhstan, and Malawi-and examines the impact that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, and the ILO's Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention have on child labor practices in tobacco production. It also proposes general actions to address the human rights concerns related to child labor practices in tobacco production, as well as specific actions for selected countries. A human rights-based approach to reducing child labor in agriculture could create meaningful changes that improve lives and opportunities for health, education, and economic stability among children and families across the globe.

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International AgenciesAdolescentAgricultureChildChild HealthChild LaborDeveloping CountriesHuman RightsHumansKazakhstanMalawiTobacco IndustryUnited NationsUnited States

Identifiers

PMID30568417
PMCPMC6293346
OpenAlexW2944149014

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