2. INTRODUCTION
CHILD LABOUR HAS BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BUT IN THE THIRD WORLD.
IT HAS GROWN TO MAXIMUM LEVEL
ACCORDING TO UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
CHILDREN EMERGENCY FUNDS (UNICEF) THERE ARE
APPORXIMATELY 158 MILLIONCHILDERN OF AGE 5 TO 15
WORKING AS CHILD LABOUR WORLDWIDE.
3. Overview
Who Is A Child?
What Is Child Labor?
Causes Of Child Labor .
How Many Are There?
Child Labor In Statistics.
Child Labor In India
Regulation And Prohibition Act.
Conclusion.
4. WHO IS A CHILD?
A Child Is Not Necessarily
Delineated By A Fixed Age.
ACCORDING TO THE SCIENTISTS, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE
ABILITIES AND MATURITIES OF CHILDREN BY HIS/HER CALRNDER AGE.
5. WHAT IS CHILD LABOR?
• CHILD LABOR IS GENERALLY SPEAKING, WORK FOR
CHILDERN THAT HARMS THEM OR EXPLOITS THEM IN
SOMEWAY (PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, MORALLY OR BY
BLOCKING ACCESS TO EDUCATION).
• IT IS THE WORK THAT EXCEEDS A MINIMUM NUMBER OF
HOURS DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF A CHILD AND ON THE
TYPE OF WORK.
6. CAUSES OF CHILD LABOR
• OVEREXPLOITATION OF POPULATION.
• DECREASE OF RESOURCES.
• DRCREASE IN LITERACY.
• INCREASE OF POVERTY.
• INCREASE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
• LACK OF SCHOOLING AND DAILY CARE
• LIMITED CHOICES FOR WOMEN
7. HOW MANY ARE THERE
61% In Aisa, 32% In Africa, And 7% In Latin America,
1% In Us, Canada, Europe And Other Wealthy Nations
In Aisa, 22% Of The Workforce Is Children. In Latin
America, 17% Of The Workforce Is Children.
246 Million Were Involved In Work That By Its Nature Is
Hazardous.
8. Child labor statistics
One is every six children aged 5 to 17 worldwide is
exploited by child labor.
There are approximately 9 million children involved in
the unconditional worst forms of child labor.
In sub-Saharan Africa around one is thee children are
engaged in child labor, representing 69 million children.
In south Aisa, another 44 million are engaged in child
labor.
9. CHILD LABOR IN INDIA
India Accounts For The Second Highest Number Where Child Labor In The World
Africa Accounts For The Highest Number Of Children Employment And
Exploited.
According To Certain Experts Approximately 10 Million Bonded Children
Laborers Are Working As Domestic Servants In India.
Beyond This There Are Almost 55 Million Bonded Child Laborers Hired Across
Various Other Industries.
10. REGULATION AND PROHIBITION ACT
THIS WAS DECLARED BY THE PARLIAMENT ON 23rd DECEMBER, 1986.
IT INCLUDES PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN CERTAIN
OCCUPATIONS AND PROCESSES.
NO CHILD SHALL BE EMPLOYED OR PERMITTED TOP WORK IN ANY OF THE
OCCUPATIONS WHICH ARE HAZARDOUS BY ITS NATURE.
11. conclusion
Thus , if we want to bring an end to child labor a citizen of
the country has to take responsibility of reporting about
anyone employing a child before 14 years of age.
Child labor can be controlled if the government laws are
taken effectively with the support of the public
We can stop child labor by providing all necessary things to
the poor , by the awareness about the education, by applying
law strictly.