By Group: M4

Presentation on Child labour

What is child labour…?…?• The term child labour is often defined as work that deprives children of

their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harm full to physical and mental development.

Child labour includes:

• Work performed by children under the age of 15

• Long hours of work on a regular or full-time basis

• Abusive treatment by the employer

• No access, or poor access, to education

Open your Eyes !• Globally 218 million children are child labors.

• 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work.

• 73 million working children are less than 10 years old .

• Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.

• The largest number of working children-122 million-are in the Asia-Pacific region.

• The highest proportion of working children is in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one third of the children aged 14 and under (48 million children) are in the labour force.

• India ranks 2nd in Child Labour, after Africa

• Among the world’s 10 richest people, 4 are Indians

• On other hand 17 million Indian children work as child labour.

• 1.2 million of these children have been trafficked (bought and/or sold) every year.

Picture in India

• Children who work are subsequently subject to abuse, both physical and sexual, from their employers

• They often work under conditions that are both unhealthy and potentially fatal

• Nearly 70% are in agriculture (especially girls, often between 5 and 7 years of age)

• 22% are in services, including wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, personal services etc

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Factors Behind Child Labour

• Poverty

• Poor quality of education

• Can be easily dominated

• Lack of awareness

The major reason for exploitation is the fragile situation of children in India – if they don’t work they will Strave

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS • CHILDREN'S RIGHTS In 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted the

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) .

• Article 32 asserts the right that children should not be engaged in work deemed to be “hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health ”.

• International Labour Organization (ILO) has allied its mission with the cause.

• The ILO aims to achieve this objective by 2016 with clear plans in place by 2008.

• Universally recognized children's rights are however insufficient means of combating child labor.

Role by Indian Govt…

• The Child Labor Prohibition and Regulation Act -1986 • The Factories Act -1948.• Prohibition of employment of children in certain occupation

and process.• Govt. has been laying a lot of emphasis on the rehabilitation

of these children and on improving the economic condition of these families.

• Effectiveness :YEAR 1991 2001 2011

Count (child labour)

13640870 11285349 12666377

By ncpcr.gov.in

Childhood the most innocent phase of human life

Carefree, fun-loving, learning, playing…

There r more children scarred and tormented

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There work for many hour a day than their Age

They hate their Childhood

Its not their choice but compulsion

Industries & individuals put them to work under grueling condition

The future of the nation struggling for their present

“Free the human bird’s”…

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THE MAJOR STEP THAT CAN TURN THE TABLES:

EDUCATION IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION;

IT IS INFACT THE MEANS TO ANSWER ALL THE

QUESTIONS!

Some initiatives that can be effective in combating child labour:

• Increasing quality, relevance and access to education

• Vocational training

• Replace child workers with adults

• Am I wearing a child’s work?

Idea !!! Every private school that wants to open a branch in a metro or any

tier 2 city must be required by law to open at least one small branch in a village.

The Students of M.M.S College’s and even schools can also contribute towards providing better quality education for slum children

There should be evening or night schools for teenage children who work in the factories, tea shops, cycle repair shops, work shops or do odd jobs during the day time.

They can raise funds for them by organizing fetes, musical, cultural and sports events.

Activity’s….• students can also donate their spare books, school bags, old magazines,

stationery etc. for these children.

• Conducting a sticker campaign (sticking “Save the human bird’s” sticker)

• Conducting a rally in the areas to make people aware of the hazards of child labour

• Several Information Education and Communication material can be distributed to households in both urban and rural areas. (pamphlets, stickers)

• The use of social media like Facebook and Twitter can also be used to spread the message in the country.

• Communication material like SMS will also be used.

• The change starts within each one of us, and ends only when all children are free to be children.