CHILD LABOR IN BANGLADESH

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Definition & Types

Aspects

Causes

Impacts

Law

Prevalence

Solutions

Conclusion

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DEFINITION

Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.

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TYPES OF CHILD LABOR

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• Agriculture

• Automobile Workshop

• Hotel Work

• Stone /marbel Cutting

• Carrying Dustbin

• Street Work

• And Much More

GLOBAL ASPECTS

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According to the ILO Global Number in child labor has declined by one Third since 2000, From 246 million to 168 children.

More than half of them, 85 million ,are in hazardous work.

Asia and the Pacific Still has largest number. Almost 78 million or 9.3% of child population.But the Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with highest incidence of child labor (59 million ,over 21%).There are 13 million (8.8%) of children in child labor in Latin America.

Child labor among girls fell by 40% since 2000,compared to 25% for boys

LOCAL ASPECTS

Working Children , aged 5-17 7.4 million

Working Children ,aged 5-14 4.7 million

Child Labourers , aged 5-17 3.2 million

Child engaged in hazardous labor,aged 5-17

1.3 million

Child domestic Workers 421,000

Percentage of children (aged 5-14) engaged in child labor (2006)

National 12.8%,Slum 19.1%,Tribal 17.6%

1. ILO, Basline Survey on Child labor in Bangladesh,20062.BBS/UNICEF ,Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006, October 2007

All Other Statistics From Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics ,Report on National Child labor Survey,2002-2003

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LAWS

• International Laws

Declaration of the Rights of the Child 1959[2]

Minimum Age Convention 1973[6]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989

Optional Protocols to the CRC on Sex Trafficking, Armed Conflict

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LEGISLATION IN BANGLADESH

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Bangladesh enacted the Labor Act in 2006,which includes a chapter on child labor.

The Ministry of Labor and Employment has recently adopted a National Child Labor Elimination Policy 2010,which provides a framework to eradicate all forms of child labor by 2015

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CAUSES

THE VICIOUS CYCLE

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IMPACTS OF CHILD LABOR

Less educationSocial and economic effectsChild’s healthA way for unhealthy, illiterate new generationIncreases of drug addict

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PREVALENCE

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SOLUTIONS

Providing access to education.

Changing Social norms.

Strengthening Legal Protection against child labor.

Social protection for vulnerable children.

Capacity building of child-protection workers.

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CONCLUSIONThe social malady of child labor can be brought under control, if each individual takes responsibility of reporting about anyone employing a child below the age of 14years. Thus, instead of ignoring on should find out about reporting child labor and how such children can actually be saved. Child labor can be controlled if the government functions effectively with the support of the public

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