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Page 1: Small wonder - Child Labour Menace
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BJMC-V

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

SHEENA CHANDRA MA’AM

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Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour.

This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is

illegal in many countries. Child labour was employed to varying extents through most

of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with

changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the

emergence of the concepts of workers' and children's rights. In many developed

countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age

works (excluding household chores, in a family shop, or school-related work). An

employer is usually not permitted to hire a child below a certain minimum age. This

minimum age depends on the country and the type of work involved. States ratifying

the Minimum Age Convention adopted by the International Labor Organization in

1973, have adopted minimum ages varying from 14 to 16. Child labor laws in the

United States set the minimum age to work in an establishment without restrictions

and without parents' consent at age 16, except for the agricultural industry where

children as young as 12 years of age can work in the fields for an unlimited number of

non-school hours. See Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act). The

incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25 to 10 percent between 1960

and 2003, according to the World Bank.

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My summer project targets on the wretched condition of

child workers

While doing this project I came across the real hero of our

society, who put their life on risk and work under extreme

conditions

Though there has been effective measure taken by

administration still child labourers exist

It is also to some extent ignorance of the administration that

could be attributed to increase in the number of child

labourers

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This project required video shoot which helped me learn the technique of camera handling.

I researched on child labourers and spoke to many child workers on the road. This gave me an opportunity to engage in social welfare.

This documentary made me learn the skill of script writing, and video editing, an essential part of electronic communication.

I worked on it so it made built in me the urge to work on a particular topic sincerely and efficiently.

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VIDEO SHOOT USING CANON POWERSHOT A480 DIGI CAMERA

SCRIPT WRITING

SOUND RECORDING

VIDEO EDITING

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According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 250 million children aged 5 to

14 in child labour worldwide, excluding child domestic labour. The United

Nations and the International Labor Organization consider child labour

exploitative, with the UN stipulating, in article 32 of the Convention on

the Rights of the Child that:

...States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic

exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous

or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's

health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

Although globally there is an estimated 250 million children working. In the

1990s every country in the world except for Somalia and the United States

became a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, or CRC.

Somalia eventually signed the convention in 2002; the delay of the signing

was believed to been due to Somalia not having a government.

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An estimated 218 million children aged 5-17 are engaged in child labour,

excluding child domestic labour

126 million of these children are believed to be engaged in hazardous

situations or conditions, such as working in mines, working with

chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous

machinery, which is otherwise described as the “worst forms of child

labour”

Mostly children are sent to work by compulsion and not by their choice

1 out of 3 children(5-14 years) don’t have access to primary education

Approximately fifteen million children work as bonded labourers in India

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POVERTY

POOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION

CAN BE EASILY LURED AND 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

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The most common obstacle to adequate legal protection for children is the fact that legislation is not enforced.

Intense media attention and ultimately successful public campaigns for governments to get tough on child labour.

Reduction of chronic poverty through broad-based economic and social development, with a strong emphasis on human resource development, will create the environment for fundamental change in cultural attitudes towards children.

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Eliminate poverty

Ensure free and suitable education, ensure skills training for children

release from worst form of child labour

By keeping children in school, children are less vulnerable to child labour.

Withdraw child labourers and put them back to schools.

There is a need to improve the system/education model which can be used

to withdraw children from work force

Good quality human resources and enough source of funding

Partnership with education stakeholders

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CHILD LABOUR

AWARENESS

QUALITY EDUCATION

WHICH IS FREEELIMINATING

POVERTY

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NGO PROFILE

ACTION AID INDIA One area of focus of Action Aid India is education and 'left out'

children (including street and working children). The NGO has

12 regional offices (in Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,

Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow,

Mumbai and Patna).

BUTTERFLIES Butterflies provides alternative education as well as basic

services to street children and working children in the New

Delhi area.

CRY CRY targets underprivileged Indian children, including child

workers. The NGO carries out child development initiatives all

over India. It is based in Maharashtra.

CREDA The NGO's work focuses on child labour related activities. It has

undertaken projects for the elimination and rehabilitation of

child labour around Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).

GLOBAL MARCH AGAINST

CHILD LABOUR

The Global March Against Child Labour is a global movement

against child labour. It has partners in over 150 countries and is

based in New Delhi.

PRAYAS Prayas works with destitute, street, and working children. It

addresses issues related to lack of sensitivity and infrastructure

for their rehabilitation, education, and reintegration. Prayas

covers Delhi, Bihar and the earthquake affected areas of

Gujarat.

WORLD VISION INDIA World Vision conducts nine special initiative programmes,

targeting in particular street children, bonded child labourers

and child victims of sexual exploitation.

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Rag-picking children

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Vegetable vendor

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Serving food

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Even though we have given a contingency plan with which we think this social issue could slowly be eradicated, the road ahead is stormy

Awareness programs with change in government policies and free education is a must to get rid of this social evil that still exists in our society today

Organizations like CRY, ACTION AID INDIA, BUTTERFLIES AND PRAYAS are working 24/7 for the rights of these children. It is our duty to support these causes and raise our voices against this injustice that is happening around us