Britain and the U.S.‚ there was a high demand for labor. Families quickly migrated from the rural farm areas to the newly industrialized cities to find work. Once they got there‚ things did not look as bright as they did. To survive in even the lowest level of poverty‚ families had to have every able member of the family go to work. This led to the high rise in child labor in factories. Children were not treated well‚ overworked‚ and underpaid for a long time before anyone tried to change things for
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CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA: Definition: Child marriage means that two children are forced to marry each other with the consent of the two families. The children are forced into the institution of marriage without knowing about its significance in the long run. Though parents are of the opinion that they involve their children in such rituals because it is an age old custom and it will also secure the future of their children but the reality is not so. Though in some cases parents believe in such superstitions
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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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Advantages of living in Dhaka city “I’d die of loneliness‚” sighed my Bangla teacher as she surveyed my one bedroom rooftop flat in Mohammadpur – an area located far south of Dhaka’s expat hotpot of Gulshan. There followed an awkward silence: I was overjoyed by the very surroundings that so repelled her‚ but feared she’d write me off as an eccentric if I listed the benefits – chiefly‚ solitude. Amina and I continued the lesson without any further mention of my solo residential status‚ but I mulled
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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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teachers and dear friends‚ my objective today is to talk about the social evil of child labour in our country. Child labor in India is a human right issue for the whole world. It is a serious and extensive problem‚ with many children under the age of fourteen working in carpet making factories‚ glass blowing units and making fireworks. According to the statistics given by Indian government there are 20 million child laborers in the country‚ while other agencies claim that it is 50 million. In Northern
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Child Labour Defination Wordsworth has said: “The child is father or the man.” Children are our future. Now when they are so important‚ we must realize what are doing for them. Have we succeeded in providing them the basic necessities of life such as education and health care? Although the government NGOs and other organizations are busy in solving the problem of child labour yet nothing seems to have come out of their work. Poverty is the main case of this failure. The poor parents are
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Environment Pollution in Dhaka City Dhaka City: Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With its colorful history and rich cultural traditions‚ Dhaka is known the world over as the city of served as the Mega capital of Bengal from 1608 to 1704. Before coming under British rule in 1765‚ it was a trading center for British‚ French‚ and Dutch colonialism. In 1905 it was again named the capital of Bengal. And in 1956 it became the capital of East Pakistan. During the liberation war
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In today’s world‚ the success of a city depends on its economy‚ which in turn is dependant on the infrastructure‚ among other things. The importance of the infrastructure can be particularly felt by the citizens of Dhaka in its traffic system‚ as its congestion reminds us of how important it is to have a good transport system. • We the citizens of Dhaka are suffering because our traffic system is failing us‚ as it is resulting in less efficiency in various fields‚ such as business. • Due to
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