Includes bibliographical references and index.

The global problem of child labor. Child labor defined / Chivy Sok -- Indian children make American goods / Megha Bahree -- Myths about child labor abound / Global March Against Child Labour -- Child domestic workers are often mistreated / Human Rights Watch -- In South Asia, carpets are made using child labor / The Anti-Slavery Society -- Fine carpets are not made using child labor / Lissa Wyman -- West African cocoa farmers use child slave labor / Victoria Lambert -- For Egyptian children, child labor is a way of life / Alaa Shahine -- The dangers of child labor. Kenyan children harvest crops in dangerous conditions / Karen Fanning -- In Southeast Asia and elsewhere, child sex tourism is a significant problem / Natalie Ann McCauley -- Columbia's girl prostitutes must be removed from danger / Drea Knufken -- Where there is war, there are child soldiers / Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers -- Bolivia's children labor in dangerous coal mines / Laura Baas -- England's working children need more protection / P.J. White -- South Asian bonded child laborers suffer a wide range of abuses / The Child Workers in Asia Foundation -- Defending child labor. For Uzbekistan's poverty-stricken families, child labor is a necessary evil / Sunny Ntayombya -- Child work serves a need in many impoverished nations / Sam Vaknin -- Bangladeshi families suffer due to new child labor laws / Evelyn Iritani -- Child labor is a necessary step on the way to national prosperity / Radley Balko -- Efforts to end child labor around the world. "Mainstreaming" is a successful approach to ending child labor / International Labour Organization -- Banning child labor won't solve the problem / Amela Karabegovic and Jason Clemens -- Campaigns to end child labor should focus on sending every child to school / Gerard Oonk -- Corporations must take responsibility for child labor / Poulomi Saha and Tobias Webb -- Ireland must join the fight against child labor / Justin Kilcullen -- Brazil is leading the way toward eliminating child labor / International Labour Organization -- The Philippines has taken measures to end the worst forms of child labor / Visayan Forum Foundation -- India has begun to address the complex problem of child labor / Anupama Katakam -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact.