Child labour

How to stop it

History

Definition

Child Labour

Present

Definition

Child labour

=

employment of children at regular and

sustained labour

•Exploitative and illegal

practice.

• In developed countries, a

child below a certain age

cannot work.

CHILD LABOUR:Child labour is often defined as work done by children (under the age of 14-15 years ) that deprives their childhood, potential and dignity and that is harmful to their physical and mental development.

Types:-Child Labour is not only found in factories , but also in many other places .* 1. Agriculture -76.9 %2. Mining - 6.5%3. Manufacturing& Other industries - 5.4%4. Trade and commerce-2.5%5. Household industry-4%6. Others- 4.6%

*Above data is for India

International Labour

Organization (1973)

Minimum ages

14 to 16

History

Industrial Revolution

• Four-year-old children, employed in production factories.

• Dangerous and fatal, working conditions.

Victorian era

Notorious for employing young children in factories and mines and as chimney sweeps.

Charles Dickens, for

example worked at the age of 12 in a

*blacking factory.

*betún

England and Scotland

(1788) Two-thirds of the workers in 143 water-powered cotton mills were children.

Present

Mining

prostitution

Quarrying

Agriculture

Clothing factory

Cigarette factory

Cardboard factory

Polishing shoes

Cleaning

Selling things on the streets

Work in all types of weather for minimal pay.

How to Stop

it

How to stop child labour

Strict laws for punishing people who employ

child labourers.

How to stop child labour

Stronger implementation of right to

education act.

How to stop child labour

Financial aid for poor children for higher education.

How to stop child labour

More employment so that parents never send their children to earn money.

How to stop child labour

‘BE’ a responsible citizen and ensure you do not employ child labourers.

Thank you