2. Children have the right to be children: "to be loved, cherished, educated, nourished, clothed and fostered as children when they are children" . But, Millions of children’s rights have been stolen. They are engaged in labour Market.
3. Jainal works in silver cooking pot factory. He is 11 years old. His work starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. For his work he gets 700 taka (10 USD) for a month.
4. A boy making metal components at a factory. Dhaka, Bangladesh
5. 7-year-old Jasmine collects rubbish from a steaming rubbish heap on a cold winter morning. She earns money to support her family by scavenging for items on the Kajla rubbish dump.
6. Children at a brick factory in Fatullah. For each 1,000 bricks they carry, they earn 40-50 taka per day.
7. Hands of 8-year-old Munna while working in a rickshaw parts making factory. He works 10 hours a day and gets only 900 taka for a month. Dhaka. Bangladesh.
8. Ten-year-old Shaifur working in a door lock factory in Old Dhaka. Unlike his colleague, Shaifur works without a mask.
9. Children are compelled to work for long working hours with inadequate or no rest period. Moreover, they are paid with minimum wages and enjoy no job security. Many people prefer to employ young boys to maximize services for those minimum wages.
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11. Working girls are also facing some socio – psycho -physiological difficulties like sexual harassment.
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14. The impact on a child Crucially, children working for long hours are missing out on the vital opportunity that education provides to equip themselves with the knowledge, life skills and confidence to participate fully in the economic and social development of their communities and to improve their own and family lives. In the worst cases, they may be doing work that is physically, emotionally and/or psychologically dangerous, putting their young bodies and minds under terrible strain that can lead to permanent damage.
15. Why children work Children work primarily because the environment they live in has failed to protect them from exploitation. A large number of factors interact to influence whether or not children will be working. These include: Persistent poverty Economic shocks Social shocks Natural Shocks Inadequate education The demand for child labour
