Save the Children works to end exploitative Child labour. Many children all over the world do some kind of work. You might have an after-school job‚ or maybe you help out with chores around the house. This kind of work can be great: you build skills and earn extra cash. It’s not child labour. Only work that’s harmful to a child’s physical and mental development is considered to be child labour. One in seven children is exposed to this kind of labour‚ kept from school and the chance to improve
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Compulsory primary education for tackling the problem of child labour This reader maintains‚ and has written to this effect in the Bulletin and elsewhere‚ on a number of occasions‚ that non-implementation of the programme of universal primary education and not putting this social welfare programme first on the list of priorities has rendered India vulnerable in all fields; and child labour can not be eliminated unless the child in sent to his/her rightful place - the school. Today‚ except Kerala
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CHILD LABOUR Who really makes your clothes? Of course we all love a good shop-most of your pocket money probably goes on latest high street labels. But although that top you bought last weekend might look good hanging on your wardrobe‚ would you be so chuffed if you know who made it? Maybe you have to empty the dishwasher‚ tidy the house or wash your folks car for your pocket money. But imagine having to work for 12 hours a day-without any kind of break-in a dusty‚ dirty factory for only a few pence
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by the expansion of child labour participation rate. There is no alternative way to improve an economy without reducing child labour. Again‚ it is not possible to eradicate child labour within the short period of time. Gradually‚ people are able to shift our children from work to education. We know that‚ many reasons are involved behind children become labour in formal and informal sector. From all of the possible causes‚ poverty is the significant reason to raise child labour. Although poverty
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Essay Topic: Sweatshops/Child Labour Introductory Quote: "There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." - Mahatma Gandhi Thesis Statement: In underdeveloped nations‚ sweatshops may appear to improve economic growth and the lives of their workers‚ however‚ they have numerous negative repercussions on society. Controlling Idea #1: Ethical Workers aren’t given fair wages from their employer. In Bangladesh and India‚ the average sweatshop worker makes $2-$3 a day
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India has the largest number of child labourers in the world. Since 1933‚ various laws have been enacted but the issue exists continuously on larger grounds. According to the National Sample Survey Organisation‚ nearly 16.4 million Indian children aged 5-14 are engaged in various works while the World Bank puts that figure at 44 million. The Ministry of Labour issued a notification on October 10‚ 2006‚ for banning child labour and warns those who choose child labour of imprisonment. But‚ at present
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work in inhuman conditions for 10 to 15 hours a day which may include dhabas‚brick kilns‚small factories and cottage industries.even small children are seen selling newspapers and other articles on the road which may be a risk to their lives. the child workers are generally ill fed and treated like bonded labourers.they are often beaten at the slightest excuse and even underpaid. in south india‚thousands of children work in fire crackers and match factories.many of them get killed in accidents and
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Utilitarianism We have all heard that child labour is a bad thing‚ however‚ lets try and think is it‚ really? By introducing child labour companies save millions of dollars which are passed to the consumer as a cheaper price on products they buy from our firm‚ if there are more profits there are more taxes paid to the Government. By having better profit margins our company is able to pay bigger dividends to shareholders thus giving them a better return on their investment and making them
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certain particular context‚ work formed a part of the training process of the child and prepared him for adult life and did not involve exploitation. ( Weiner‚ M. 1991) 4. In India there is law that children under the age of 18 should not work but‚ there is no outright ban on child labor‚ and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed "hazardous". Although a law in October 2006 banned child labor in hotels‚ restaurants‚ and as domestic servants‚ there continues to
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nonetheless‚ even in the wake of these gigantic inflations‚ those hot Nike shoes remain at a steady price of $85. How? Answer: Child Labour. Child labour is work undertaken by a child that is harmful to them in some way. The labour could be harmful by making them sick‚ stopping them from getting an education or damaging them emotionally. The worst forms of child labour include using children as slaves or prostitutes‚ forcing them to sell drugs or commit crimes‚ setting them on fire for fun‚ using
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