Caracterização do trabalho infantil na cidade de Palmas no Tocantins

Abstract

The present work aims to identify the characteristics of child labor in the city of Palmas, based on data presented by the network for the protection of the rights of children and adolescents in the municipality. A historical-cultural perspective was adopted to understand the development of early insertion in the workplace. For data collection, a questionnaire composed of open and closed questions was used. This questionnaire was sent to institutions belonging to the child and adolescent protection network that agreed to participate in the research, obtaining seven questionnaires answered. For data analysis, Bardin's Thematic Content Analysis was used. The results showed that children and adolescents in child labor in the city of Palmas are aged between 6 and 18 years, mostly male, working in various activities, and many of these activities are included in the worst forms of child labor and present different risks. One fact that draws attention is that most institutions do not have records of child labor, which suggests that child labor is made invisible in the protection network, since, although the institution does not hold the data, all the responding social actors stated that they already had seen children and adolescents working in the city.