The document discusses child labour, defining it as work performed by children that harms them physically or mentally. It provides statistics showing that millions of children worldwide, especially in Asia and Africa, are engaged in child labour. The main causes of child labour are identified as poverty, unemployment, population growth, illiteracy, and lack of law enforcement. The cycle of child labour is perpetuated as children from impoverished families are forced to work to support their families instead of attending school. The document also outlines laws and policies aimed at prohibiting and preventing child labour.

1. CHILD LABOUR
Presented
by
ILA Roy
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SELF INTRODUCTION
Name- ILA ROY
Contact No- 62910xxxxx
Email ID- ila.xxxxx@gmail.com
Address- Fulbari, Darjeeling (WB-734014)

3. CONTENTS
Introduction
What is the age of Child Labour?
Child Labour statistics
Causes of Child Labour
Cycle of Child Labour
Regulation and Prohibition Act
Effects of Child Labour
How do we stop Child Labour?
Action
Preventive measures
Conclusion
Reference
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4. INTRODUCTION
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CHLD LABOUR
(A SOCIALLY ACCEPTED CRIME)
Child labour refers to employment of
children at regular and sustained level.
This practice is considered as illegal in
many countries. In these practices
children below the age of 14 are force to
work by other people.
Child labour is work for children that
harms them or exploits them in some way
(i.e. physically, morally, mentally or by
blocking access to education .)

5. 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.
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6. WORLDWISE
 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.
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7. Scale
Extreme Risk
High Risk
Medium Risk
Low Risk
Countries
Bangladesh
Nigeria
India
Somalia
Pakistan
Rating
Extreme
Extreme
Extreme
Extreme
Extreme
CHILD LABOUR INDEX
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8. Child labour statistics
One in every six children aged 5 to 17 worldwide is
exploited by child labour.
There are approximately 9 million children involved in
the unconditional worst forms of child labour.
In Sub-Saharan Africa around one in three children are
engaged in child labour, representing 69 million
children.
In South Asia, another 44 million are engaged in child
labour.
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9. CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR
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10. Causes of child labour
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.
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11. CYCLE OF CHILD LABOUR
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12.  poverty is the basic reason and
driving force that compels these
children to work like labours and earn a
little money at the end of the day. The
bad financial condition up-thrust to the
problem of child labour.
Mostly poor families have more
number of children, so it becomes very
difficult for them to survive on the
income of only one family member so
they make their small children their
source of income .
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poverty
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Unemployment Of Elders
Another important reason is
unemployment which forces the parents
to send their children to work places
Due to unemployment its become
compulsion of parents to make their
children to work in factories, shops,
even selling items on streets.
There are many cases of child labor
where a child has to work against the
repayment of a loan which was taken by
his father.

14. Excess Population
In villages there is trend of early
marriages and have large number of
children. To fulfill the basic needs they
compel their children to do work.
 So they have no other choice but to
work and earn a little amount to support
their families
 They consider children as their source of
income and they make them to work like
pulling carts, repairing machines, work in
factories, selling goods etc.
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15. Tradition Of Making Children Learn The Family Skills
Children are force to follow the
foot prints of their parents.
 They are trained from their
childhood in the profession that
the family has been following
since ages. So they are unable to
get primary education
Children are forbidden from doing
any other work. Because of this the
children of labourers, craftsmen etc
start working with their parents at a
very young age.
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16. Many developing countries like Pakistan,
India, Bangladesh, many African countries
are facing a huge problem of illiteracy.
Lower class people are mostly illiterate, so
it is difficult for uneducated parents to
understand the importance of education
for their children.
Literacy rate of India is :74.04%
Male: 82.14%
Female: 65.46%
Parental Illiteracy
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17.  Another main reason for the
promotion of child labour is due
to the failure of government in
practicing the laws to stop child
labour due to which child labour
is increasing day by day .
Failure Of Laws
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18. CHILD ABUSE
• Physical Abuse
Children are physically abuse about
69% of children are physically
abused and 52% of them are boys
• Sexual abuse
According to ILO report 53.22%
children specially girls are sexually
• Emotional abuse
Children are emotional abused.
According
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19. Regulation and Prohibition Act,1986
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.
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20. Right of Children to Free and Compulsory
Education Act, 2009
The law mandates free and compulsory education
to all children aged 6 to 14 years. This
legislation also mandated that 25 per cent of
seats in every private school must be allocated
for children from economically disadvantaged
groups.
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21. EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR
 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.
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22. How do we stop Child Labour?
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.
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23. Action
We have many plans for removing child labour in
our home town, country and the world. Firstly we
will go to the child labour. Then ask them in their
position. We will say them it is very bad in a child
life. In this time they need to go to school. We will
go to them parents. We will say them some words.
Education is the backbone of a nation. We are
helping them for education and life
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24.  Free Education
 Awareness Programs
 Mid Day Meal System In Schools
 Laws Should Be Implemented Strictly
 Punishment Should Be Given To
People Who Exploit Children
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PREVENTIVE MEASURES
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25. Conclusion
The social malady of child labour 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 labour and how such children can
actually be saved.
Child labour can be controlled if the government
functions effectively with the support of the public.
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26. REFERENCE
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1. Md Nurul Momen in April 2020 “Child Labor: History, Process, and Consequences” Springer
Nature Switzerland AG 2020W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), No Poverty, Encyclopedia of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_30-1.
2. International Labour Organization, Copyright © International Labour Organization and United
Nations Children’s Fund 2021 .
3. ILO ISBN: 978-92-2-034878-9 (print); 978-92-2-034879-6 (web PDF).
4. UNICEF ISBN: 978-92-806-5239-0 (print); 978-92-806-5240-6 (web PDF).
5. Child Labour in India, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
6. International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, www.ilo.org/ipec.

27. Thank You
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