presentation INTRODUCTION CHILD HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT “SOCIAL ISSUE” IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE INDIA.

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INTRODUCTION

CHILD HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT

“SOCIAL ISSUE” IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE INDIA

CHILD LABOUR

Child labour represent a fundamental abuse of children rights which are a violation of various laws.

Many working children are engaged in occupations that negatively affect there physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and are below their minimum age for employment

SPECIAL FOCUS ON INDIA

CHILD ABUSE

A recent study on Child Abuse: India 2007, conducted by Ministry of Women and Child development (GOI) revealed that across different kinds of abuse, it is young children, in the 5-12 year group, who are most at risk of abuse and exploitation.

CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA•According to the amendment in child labour act 1986, a ban is imposed on employing children• Age group between 5-14 years • More than 120 million children's around the world • 44million children's in India

•U.P. has the highest number of child labours•More than 80% are employed in villages, that also in agriculture and non-formal activities like livestock rearing, fishing etc

FACTS

•According to the Indian census of 1991, there are 11.28 million working children under the age of fourteen years in India.

•Over 85% of this child labour is in the country's rural areas, working in agricultural activities such as fanning, livestock rearing, forestry and fisheries.

• The world’s highest number of working children is in India. ILO estimates that 218 million children were involved in child labour in 2004, of which 126 million were engaged in hazardous work.

REASONS

•‘Poverty’ is the main push factor

• Parental illiteracy

•Absence of universal compulsory Primary education

•Ignorance of the parents about the adverse consequences of child labour

•Lack of educational facilities or poor quality of education

•Employers prefer children as they constitute cheap labour and they are not able to organize themselves  against  exploitation

CONSEQUENCES

•Depreciation in wages

•Adult unemployment

•Increased abuse of children

•Increased bottlenecks in the development process

•Wasted human resources

•Wasted human talents and skills

•Suffer injuries and illness from work

•Not accessible to education

WHAT ‘WE’ CAN DO AS A PERSON TO STOP CHILD LABOUR ?

•To donate funds in NGOs working for the rehabilitation of street children

•To make the rural people aware about the benefits of education

•To provide free education for the orphans

•To contact NGOs and make them aware about child labour happening in our society

•To start campaign against child labour.

•To help the government to stop child labour

AWARENESS

•Widespread awareness generation to create a positive climate for children to go to school and not to work. •Effective utilization of print and electronic media.•Programme are to be conducted on child rights. •Observance of a specific day as ‘Anti Child Labour Day’. (June 12th is being observed as Anti Child Labour Day by ILO)

CONCLUSION

CHILD LABOUR IS A CURSE TO THE INDIAN SOCIETY AS WELL AS OUR ECONOMY. ALONG WITH THE

GOVERNMENT WE ALSO HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND SHOULD TAKE CORRECTIVE

MEASURES TO STOP CHILD LABOUR SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER AND DEVELOPED INDIA

By – manjula dubey

Kv-singrauli