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What Do you Know?

 What does Child Labour

mean?

 Are there laws that protect the

rights of children?

 Which continent do you think

has the largest percentage of Source: www.stolenchildhoods.org

Child Labour?
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Definition
A child labour…

 is under the age of fourteen.

 receives extremely little pay.
 is a hazard to a Child’s mental, physical,
social, educational, emotional and
spiritual development.
Source: BBC

 has no option to leave the situation.

 has no access to education or health
care.
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Definition
Who is “child”?

International conventions define children as aged 18

and under.
Individual governments may define "child" according
to different ages or other criteria.
"Child" and "childhood" are also defined differently
by different cultures. A "child" is not necessarily
delineated by a fixed age. Social scientists point
out that children’s abilities and maturities vary so
much that defining a child’s maturity by calendar
age can be misleading.
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Basic Facts
 Estimates cite figures of between 60 and 115 million working
children in India -- the highest number in the world.

 Starting as young as age five, they earn from nothing at all to

around Rs. 400

 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 that we call slavery.

Source: Human Rights Watch 1996, 1

Source: www.hrw.org
Source: Investing in Every Child: An Economic Study of the Costs and Benefits of Eliminating Child Labor. 2004 Geneva: International Labor Organization.
Source: UNICEF. www.unicef.org/protection/index_childlabour.html (May 2, 2004).
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Where It Occurs

Source: UNICEF. <www.unicef.org/protection/index_childlabour.html> (May 2, 2004).

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Forms of Child Labour

 Forced Labor
• to extract work or service
from any person using the
threat of penalties.

 Debt Bondage Source: BBC

• debt bondage occurs when an individual is pledged into

slavery as collateral on a loan or to pay a debt.
Sometimes parents will pledge their children or the entire
family into debt bondage.
• It is nearly impossible to pay off debt because additional
debt is constantly accrued through additional expenses,
such as food and lodging.
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Forms of Child Labour

 Invisible Child Labour

• Children work in the unorganized
or/and informal sector.
• They do not come under the
purview of law.
• They constitute a substantial
proportion of the child labour in the
country.
• Most of them do not go to school.
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Agricultural Child Labour

Of nearly 250 million children engaged in

child labour around the world, the vast
majority—70 percent, or some 170 million—
are working in agriculture. Child agricultural
workers frequently work for long hours in
scorching heat, haul heavy loads of produce,
are exposed to toxic pesticides, and suffer
high rates of injury from sharp knives and
other dangerous tools. Their work is grueling
and harsh, violating their rights to health,
education, and protection from work that is
hazardous or exploitative.
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Agricultural Child Labour

According to the ILO's new report on child

labour, the number of children working in
agriculture is nearly ten times that of
children involved in factory work such as
garment manufacturing, carpet-weaving, or
soccer-ball stitching. Yet despite their
numbers and the difficult nature of their
work, children working in agriculture have
received little attention compared to child
labour in manufacturing for export. Source: childlabor.in
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Effect on Children
 Health: child labours are easily replaced; it is more
expensive to nurse a sick child to health than to hire
a new labourer. Consequently, children rarely get
medical or psychological attention if needed.

 Education: child labours are often denied access to

education. Thus, even if they escape labouring, they
do not have the skills necessary for higher-paying
jobs.

 Family Ties: child labourers are often remains

Source: Jon Warren via Hamline University
separate from their families and use to pass much
of their time at workplace. Due to this fact they are
highly emotionally imbalanced, Physically weak and
socially backward. Even if these children escape
from labouring, their families still may not welcome
them home.
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Why Does It Exist?
 Poverty: Children who live in extreme poverty are most susceptible to
labourers.

 Tradition: Some parents view their children as property over which they
have the right to control.

 Control: Children are attractive labourers because they are easier than
adults to manipulate and control.

 Cheap and Replaceable: The average child labourer today costs less
than Rs. 500 per month. Overpopulation in some regions mean there is an
abundant supply of children who are available for labourers.

 Physical Size: Because they are smaller than adults, child labourers are
more desirable for certain tasks such as weaving rugs and picking cocoa.
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Indian Law

 Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation)

Act 1986
 seeks to prohibit employment of children
below 14 years
 in hazardous occupations and processes and
regulates the working conditions in other
employments.
 Recently, Government has also decided to
include children Source: Jon Warren via Hamline University

 working as domestic servants and those

working in dhabas/roadside eateries/motels
etc. in the category of hazardous occupations.
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What Can We Do?
 Educate yourself about Child labour.

 Contact local, state, and national

politicians for support against Child labour.
• Write letters asking for their opinion on
Child labour.

 Talk to your parents about Child labour.

• Educate the adults in your life! Source: Jon Warren via Hamline University

 Advocate for Child labour awareness!

• Begin a social awareness/ human rights club.