2. What is child labour…?…?
• The term child labour is often defined as work that deprives children of
their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harm full to
physical and mental development.
Child labour includes:
• Work performed by children under the age of 15
• Long hours of work on a regular or full-time basis
• Abusive treatment by the employer
• No access, or poor access, to education
3. Open your Eyes !
• Globally 218 million children are child labors.
• 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work.
• 73 million working children are less than 10 years old .
• Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.
• The largest number of working children-122 million-are in the
Asia-Pacific region.
• The highest proportion of working children is in sub-Saharan
Africa, where nearly one third of the children aged 14 and under
(48 million children) are in the labour force.
4. Picture in India
• India ranks 2nd in Child Labour, after Africa
• Among the world’s 10 richest people, 4 are Indians
• On other hand 17 million Indian children work as child
labour.
• 1.2 million of these children have been trafficked (bought
and/or sold) every year.
5. Conti…
• Children who work are subsequently subject to abuse, both physical and
sexual, from their employers
• They often work under conditions that are both unhealthy and potentially
fatal
• Nearly 70% are in agriculture (especially girls, often between 5 and 7 years of
age)
• 22% are in services, including wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and
hotels, transport, personal services etc
6. Factors Behind Child Labour
• Poverty
• Poor quality of education
• Can be easily dominated
• Lack of awareness
The major reason for exploitation is the fragile situation of
children in India – if they don’t work they will Strave
7. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
• CHILDREN'S RIGHTS In 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) .
• Article 32 asserts the right that children should not be engaged in work
deemed to be “hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be
harmful to the child's health ”.
• International Labour Organization (ILO) has allied its mission with the cause.
• The ILO aims to achieve this objective by 2016 with clear plans in place by
2008.
• Universally recognized children's rights are however insufficient means of
combating child labor.
8. Role by Indian Govt…
• The Child Labor Prohibition and Regulation Act -1986
• The Factories Act -1948.
• Prohibition of employment of children in certain occupation
and process.
• Govt. has been laying a lot of emphasis on the rehabilitation
of these children and on improving the economic condition of
these families.
• Effectiveness :
YEAR 1991 2001 2011
Count (child 13640870 11285349 12666377
labour)
By ncpcr.gov.in
9. Childhood the most innocent
phase of human life Carefree, fun-loving, learning, playing…
11. There work for many hour a day
They hate their Childhood
than their Age
Industries & individuals put them to work
under grueling condition
Its not their choice but compulsion
12. The future of the
nation struggling
for their present
14. THE MAJOR STEP THAT CAN TURN THE TABLES:
EDUCATION IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION;
IT IS INFACT THE MEANS TO ANSWER ALL THE
QUESTIONS!
15. Some initiatives that can be effective
in combating child labour:
• Increasing quality, relevance and access to education
• Vocational training
• Replace child workers with adults
• Am I wearing a child’s work?
16. Idea !!!
Every private school that wants to open a branch in a metro or any
tier 2 city must be required by law to open at least one small branch
in a village.
The Students of M.M.S College’s and even schools can also
contribute towards providing better quality education for slum
children
There should be evening or night schools for teenage children who
work in the factories, tea shops, cycle repair shops, work shops or
do odd jobs during the day time.
They can raise funds for them by organizing fetes, musical, cultural
and sports events.
17. Activity’s….
• students can also donate their spare books, school bags, old magazines,
stationery etc. for these children.
• Conducting a sticker campaign (sticking “Save the human bird’s” sticker)
• Conducting a rally in the areas to make people aware of the hazards of
child labour
• Several Information Education and Communication material can be
distributed to households in both urban and rural areas. (pamphlets,
stickers)
• The use of social media like Facebook and Twitter can also be used to
spread the message in the country.
• Communication material like SMS will also be used.
18. • The change starts within each one of us, and
ends only when all children are free to be
children.
