comm presentation child labor

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Presented by:- Garima -4566

Ruhi -4562

Ankupriya -4564 Chandan -4598

Avish -4597


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ABOUT CHILD LABOR The term Child Labor is used foremployment of children below a certainage, which is considered illegal by lawand custom.

Today Child labor is considered as humanrights issue, and has become an issue ofpublic dispute.

Stats from ILO (International LaborOrganization) states that about 218million children between the age of 5 and17 are working all over the world.


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Child labor includes work which aretedious and repetitive like weaving

carpets, assembling boxes, polishingshoes, cleaning and arranging a shopsgoods.


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What is Child Labor ? Child labor is done by anyworking child who is under theage specified by law.

Childrens work full timecommercial work to sustain selfor add to the family income.

Child labor is a hazard to childsmental, physical, social,educational, emotional, andspiritual development.


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According to the rules of ILO it is importantfor all the countries to set a minimum age foremployment.

The rules of ILO written in convention C-138has made provisions for the countries to setthe minimum age of employment that is till the

age of 15.


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Child Labor Today. According to ILO and other agencies 73million children between 10 to 14 years ofage are employed in economic activities allover the world.

In Africa 23.6%(23.6 million) of its

childrens are working which is thehighest rate.

In Asia 44.6 million or 13% of its childrenare working as labors.

And in Central America it is 9.8%, that isabout 5.1 million children.


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Child Labor in SomeCountries

KENYA 41.3%

INDIA 14.4%

BANGLADESH 30.1%

CHINA 11.6%

PAKISTAN 17.7%

TURKEY 24%

EGYPT 11.2%

NIGERIA 25.8%

SENEGAL 31.4%

ARGENTINA 4.5%

BRAZIL 16.1%

MEXICO 6.7%

ITALY 0.4%

PORTUGAL 1.8%


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Child Labor in INDIA In India there are 20 million child laborersworking in carpet making, glass blowing,fireworks, and construction sites.

In Northern India children's work incarpet weaving industries under very

unhygienic conditions. Children in rural families who are ailing

with poverty perceive their children as anincome generating resource to supplementthe family income.


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Bonded labor traps the growing child in a hostagelike condition for years.

There is no access to proper education in theremote areas of rural India for most people,which leaves the children with no choice.


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Causes of Child Labor. The most common causesof child labor are poverty,parental illiteracy, socialapathy, ignorance, lack ofeducation and exposure.

Absence of compulsoryeducation at primarylevels, parental ignorance

regarding the bad effectsof child labor.

Poverty and overpopulationare the most highlightedcauses.


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Industrial revolution has also had a negativeeffect by giving rise to circumstances which

encourages child labor.

Childrens who are orphaned or are abandoned aremore prone to these exploitations.


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Child Labour Policies in

IndiaThere are specific clauses in the draft of Indianconstitution dated 26th Jan 1950, abut the childlabor policy in India.

(Article 14) No child below the age of 14 yearsshall be employed to work in any factory, mine orhazardous employment.

(Article 39-E) The state shall direct its policytowards securing the health and strength ofworkers, men, women and the tender age ofchildren are not abused and they are not forcedby economic necessity to enter vocationsunsuited to there health and strength.


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(Article 39-f) Children shall be givenopportunities ad facilities to develop in a

healthy manner and in conditions of freedomand dignity and that childhood and youth shallbe protected against moral and materialabandonment.

(Article 45) The state shall endeavor to

provide within a period of ten years from thecommencement of the constitution for freeand compulsory education for all children untilthey complete the age of 14 years.


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Bonded Child Labor in

India It is one of the age oldpractice in India.

In this the child is sold to theloaner like a commodity for a

certain period of time. It is prevailing in many parts

of rural India.

The parents of the bondedchild is usually poor,uneducated, who have to

compromise on their childrens.


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Indian Silk Industry and

Child Labor. T.N, U.P, Karnataka, are the

states where the childrens

work as bonded labors in silkindustries.

Childrens work for 12 hours

a day, and seven days a week.


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These children while working in silk factoriesbreathe smoky fumes which causes severe lung

problems in them. They have to dip their hands in boiling water

which causes blisters, they handle dead wormswhich causes infection, twisting thread injures

their fingers.


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Child Labor in Indian

Sweet Shops. These shops function quietlyand illegally as householdindustries making little childrentoil for long hours on low wages.

Childrens working in theseshops work for long hours andsuffer from exertion andfatigue.

Childrens working in theseshops mainly hail from U.P,Bihar, and Nepal.


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Most of the children working in these

sector are not paid more than 300 to800 monthly.

The shop owners bully and torturethe children working in their shop tomake them work for long hours.


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Stop Child Labor.Certain steps are need to be taken to stop child labor. Projects related with human resource

development, dedicated to the child welfare issuesmust be given top priority by the central and stategovernments to stop the menace of child labor.

Child labor laws need to be strictly implemented at

the central and state levels. Corruption and negligence in child labor offices and

employee circles should be dealt with very strictlyby the judiciary and the policeforce.


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To counter the real situation called child laborand save little humans from abuse at a tender

age, the government should be compelled toprovide compulsory and free education to allchildren up to the age of fourteen years.


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CONCLUSION The future of a community is in the well being of itschildren. The above fact is beautifully expressed byWordsworth in his famous lines child is father of theman.

Concerned about the future of its children India hasimplemented a country- wide ban recently, on children belowfourteen working in the hospitality sector and as domestics.

In the end ,if we want to save our worlds future we need tomake our childrens future secure. The venerable Indianpoet Rabindranth Tagore has said time and again, that everycountry is absolutely bound by its duty to provide free

primary education to its children. It is important toremember that industrialization can afford to wait butyouth cannot be captured for long.


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A PRESENTATION BY:-

GARIMA

RUHI

ANKUPRIYA

CHANDANAVISH

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