Child labour

Child Labour

Gopal Rao Ambeer1208C003

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AgendaWhat is Child Labour?Child Labour TodayFacts on Child LabourCauses of Child LabourChild Labour LawsChild Labour in IndiaStop Child LabourReferences

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What is Child Labour?The most innocent phase in human life is

childhoodWorking child who is under the age specified

by law It is considered illegal by law and customChild Labour is not child workChild Labour hampers the physical,

intellectual, emotional and moral development of child

It is considered a human right issue

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Working area of children

HOTELS FACTORIES and Brick Works

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Working area of children (cont..)

STREETS

COAL MINES

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Child Labour Today

14.4%30.1%

11.6%

17.7%

24%

20.5%11.2%

41.3%

25.8%

31.4%

4.5%16.1% 6.7% 0% 1.8%

India BangladeshChina PakistanTurkey Cote D’lvoire Egypt KenyaNigeria SenegalArgetina BrazilMexico ItalyProtugal

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Key facts on Child Labour (ILO)246 million children are child

labourers73 million working children are less

than 10 years oldEvery year, 22,000 children die in

work-related accidents127 million – age 14 and under are in

the Asia-Pacific region8.4 million children are trapped in

slavery, trafficking, debt bondage

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Causes of Child LabourPovertyOver PopulationParental Illiteracy and want more

incomeLack of schools for studyHigh education and living costWeak laws to protectAdult unemployment and UrbanizationLack of education and exposureWrong intention of factories

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Child Labour LawsChildren [Pledging of Labour] Act

(1933) Employment of Children Act (1938) Child Labour -Prohibition and

Regulation Act International Programme for the

Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)

The Mines Act (1952) Merchant Shipping Act (1958) The Motor Transport Workers Act

(1961) The Atomic Energy Act (1962)

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Child Labour in IndiaIndia accounts for the second highest

number where child labour in the world is concerned

Child Labour is a source of income for poor families

80% child labourers in India are employed in the agriculture sector

Landholding in agricultural areas and caste system in the rural areas

The study found that a child’s income accounted for between 34 and 37 % of the total household income

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Stop Child LabourChild labor is a global problemProvision of free and compulsory

educationTackling poverty, and creating decent

work for adultsSocial awareness and activismStrictly implementation of laws

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Referenceshttp://www.hrw.org/children/labor.ht

mhttp://info.worldbank.org/etools/doc

s/library/76309/dc2002/proceedings/pdfppt/guatemalachild.pdf

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/sweat/guatemala.htm

http://www.childinfo.org/labour_countrydata.php

http://www.unicef.orghttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A010

7596.html

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Thank You