TITLE:
Ways to Survive: Child Labor among Internally Displaced Children in Khartoum-Sudan
AUTHORS:
Azza O. Abdelmoneium
KEYWORDS:
Child Labor, Displaced, Income Generation, Rights, Gender, Street Children
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.5 No.9,
September
1,
2017
ABSTRACT: Sudan has undergone civil war and natural disasters since 1980s until today. This has led to internally displaced people to Khartoum the capital. The majority of the internally displaced people are women and children. Access to health, educational facilities, employment and shelter is minimal or lacking. Men, women and children perform and engage in different types of child labor as a source of income generating activities. The purpose of this paper is to explore the different forms of income generating activities that displaced children perform as a source of income for them which can be of risk to their lives. Qualitative methodology used through open-ended unstructured interviews with the children. In this paper, I argue that if the state has provided a secure and protective environment for the displaced children with their basic needs in health, shelter, food and education, it would have led to better living conditions with minimal risk to their life and stable family relations. I will present case studies of displaced children under 18 years and their experiences in labor and the impact and challenges they face in producing income to support themselves and their families.