hild labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour.This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Childlabour was utilized to varying extents through most of history‚ but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling‚ with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution‚ and with the emergence of the concepts of workers’ and children’s rights . Seventy-three million children
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CHILD LABOUR The term “child labour” is often used interchangeably with “working child” or “employed child”. While all these terms are defined on the basis of age of the person working. According to the Constitution of India‚ child labourer may be defined as a person who is below the age of 14 years and is working for an earning. However‚ child labour denies children the opportunities for mental and physical development and consequently their life chances are marred. Children engaged in domestic
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CHILD LABOUR Introduction According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) a new generation of children is being deprived of the chance to take their rightful place in the society and economy of the 21st Century. The ILO has proposed that ‘child labour’ will disappear in a decade. If this happens well and good. But in reality the situation is worsening. One in eight children in the world is exposed to the worst forms of child labour which endanger children’s physical‚ mental health
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Child Labour Child labour is one of the topic that presents strong emotions‚ beliefs and opinions. Most people are opposed to the involvement of children in labour force activities when they are at an age when other activities‚ such as education and play‚ should be the central role in development. However‚ child labour represents an extremely difficult and complex issue which often extends beyond emotions‚ beliefs and opinions. Much of this has to do with the understanding that a wide variety
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Child Labour What is it? Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood‚ interferes with their ability to attend regular school‚ and that is mentally‚ physically‚ socially‚ it is dangerous and harmful.[ When did it start? In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s‚ powerdriven machines replaced hand labour for the making of most manufactured items. Factories began to spring up everywhere‚ first in England and then in the United States. The owners
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legal duty". and compulsory primary education is the policy instrument by which the sates effectively removed children from the work force. in India‚ child labour persists on a significant scale.Child labour is neither illegal nor is schooling compulsory.child labour usually refers to children up to the age of 14‚ following the ILO(international labour organisation) convention. It resolution on age of the employment‚concerning age for admission to the employment and that is 18. the occupations specified
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RESEARCH SUMMARY CHILD L ABOUR IN INDIA Economics of Child Labour A case study of the glass bangle industry BACKGROUND Child Labour The glass manufacturing industry in Ferozabad‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ produces bangles‚ utensils‚ bulbs‚ decorative articles etc. The glass industry has been classified as hazardous and the employment of child labour (children below age 14 years) in it is prohibited. However‚ available research and literature indicated that child labour was concentrated mainly
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CHILD LABOUR What is child labor? Children working under age of 5-14‚ are known as child laborers. This social evil is continuously going on strengthening its roots in our society. Can we eliminate child labor? Though it is a desirable goal the fact remains that in the given socio-economic scenario that is prevalent in our country‚ it is virtually impossible to do away with child labor. One cannot dispute the fact that employers exploit children by paying them much less than what they would pay
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(United Nations Children’s Fund) defines child labor as “work that exceeds a minimum number of hours‚ depending on the age of a child and on the type of work.” According to UNICEF‚ 158 million children‚ ages ranging from 5 to 14‚ are engaged in child labor. Many face life-threatening jobs‚ such as coal mining‚ metalwork‚ and other work that involve contact with pesticides‚ highly toxic chemicals‚ and sexually transmitted diseases. International Labour Organisation (ILO) states that‚ “the total
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children upto 14yrs in the workforce is 12626505 = 12.62 millions = child labour in 2001 (graph) 11% of the workforce of india is child labour. One in every 10 workers in India is a child! If you allocate a tenth of India’s GDP to this share you can see India’s Child Labour has a stake in India’s GDP POINTS TO PONDER: 1) In practice‚ however‚ the poverty argument does not hold water. Precisely the opposite is true: child labor maintains poverty. Because children are easy to exploit and are
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