Child Labour ppt

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2. Table of Content
 What is child labor?
 Types of Child Labor
 Causes of child labor.
 What is the age of child Labor?
 How many are there?
 Child labor in statistics.
 Regulation and prohibition act.
 Effects Of Child Labor
 How do we stop child Labor?
 Conclusion.

3. What is child labor?
“Child labour” is generally speaking,
work for children 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.

4. Types of Child Labor
Child labour in agriculture.
Child labour and armed conflict.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Child labour and domestic work.
Migration and child labour. Resources on
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Mining and quarrying.
Safe work for youth.
Trafficking in children.

5. Causes of child labor
Overexploitation of population.
Decrease of resources.
Decrease in literacy.
Increase of poverty.
Increase of unemployment.
Lack of schooling and daily care.
Limited choices for women.

6. What is the age of child Labor?
What is the law on child labour? In India the
law addressing child labour is known as the
Child Labour Amendment (Prohibition and
Regulation) Act, 2016.
This law regulates the employment of children
and does not allow children below the age of
14 to work except as a child artist and in a
family business.

7. How many are there?
 61% in Asia, 32% in Africa, and 7% in Latin
America, 1% in US, Canada, Europe and other
wealthy nations.
 In Asia, 22% of the workforce is children. In Latin
America, 17% of the workforce is children.
 246 million child workers aged 5 and 17 were
involved in child labor.
 Out of which 171 million were involved in work
that by its nature is hazardous.

8. Child labor statistics
One in 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 in three
children are engaged in child labor,
representing 69 million children.
In South Asia, another 44 million are engaged
in child labor.

9. 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 to
work in any of the occupations which are
hazardous by its nature.

10. Effects Of Child Labor
The difficulty of tasks and harsh working
conditions create a number of problems such
as
1. premature ageing,
2. malnutrition,
3. depression,
4. drug dependency etc.
From disadvantaged backgrounds, minority
groups, or abducted from their families, these
children have no protection.

11. How do we stop child Labor?
Educate yourself. ...
Contact retail stores, manufacturers, and
importers. ...
Buy fair trade and sweatshop-free products
whenever possible. ...
Grow more of your own food. ...
Share your time and money. ...
Contact local, regional, and national
legislators.

12. Conclusion
The 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.

13. References
Wikipedia
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