ELIMINATING CHILD LABOUR: DO NGO INTERVENTIONS ADD UP TO A STRATEGY? Rekha Wazir* The involvement of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in child labour is fairly recent but it is steadily growing in momentum. However‚ only a few NGOs have succeeded in achieving recognition in this field at the national level. This paper starts by reviewing a number of inter-linked background factors that circumscribe and curtail the activities of NGOs. This is followed by an analysis of the strategies
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Child Labour in The Philippines Child labour can be defined as a part of a community which is forced or participate to work even if they are paid or not. Which are harmful to their health and dispossess them the chances to education‚ development‚ and a healthy living. Child labour is one the major problems here in Camarines sur. Since we are a third world country‚ even if we are not capable to do work‚ we are obligated to find a job to and sustain our needs. It is linked to poverty and lack
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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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Primary causes International Labour Organisation (ILO) suggests poverty is the greatest single cause behind child labour.[14] For impoverished households‚ income from a child’s work is usually crucial for his or her own survival or for that of the household. Income from working children‚ even if small‚ may be between 25 to 40% of these household income. Other scholars such as Harsch on African child labour‚ and Edmonds and Pavcnik on global child labour have reached the same conclusion.[13][52][53]
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Child labour in India Child labour in India is the practice where children engage in economic activity‚ on part or full-time basis. The practice deprives children of their childhood‚ and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Poverty‚ lack of good schools and growth of informal economy are considered as the important causes of child labour in India. The 2001 national census of India estimated the total number of child labour‚ aged 5–14‚ to be at 12.6 million.Child labor problem is
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government in child labour Child labor is not an easy issue to resolve‚ it is globally. Children trading something on the streets‚ separated from families‚ kept out of schools‚ suffering from injuries‚ even dying because of hard work. It is something that should be changed. Therefore I agree that government should role this field. I choose to write about this theme‚ because government and society must do a lot more to help children. It would be great if government could reduce child labour to a minimum
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Child labour Considerable differences exist between the many kinds of work children do. Some are difficult and demanding‚ others are more hazardous and even morally reprehensible. Children carry out a very wide range of tasks and activities when they work. Not all work done by children should be classified as child labour that is to be targeted for elimination. Children’s or adolescents’ participation in work that does not affect their health and personal development or interfere with their
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THE CHILD LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT‚ 1986 (ACT NO. 61 OF 1986) [23rd December‚ 1986.] An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in certain employments and to regulate the conditions of work of children in certain other employments. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: -- PART I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. -- (1) This Act may be called the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act‚ 1986
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THE EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. A CASE STUDY IN MADINA. Problem Statement Lots has been said about child labour and in these reports there are clearly stated concerns about the effects of child labour on children‘s academic performance and its long run impact on human capital development. Situations where children of school going age are engaged in active work‚ does it at the expense of school. The situation existed even before Ghana attained her independence in 1957. Generally
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Abstract The primary objective of this essay is to investigate what has caused child labour to become a glaring issue in our society until the present day and look at possible solutions. A lot has been done but little achieved in this ongoing fight. Many international organisations such as ILO and UNICEF are deeply concerned by rising child labour in Afghanistan‚ Pakistan and India to name but a few. Children work for many reasons‚ the most important being poverty and the pressure suffered
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