Child Labour - Presentation Transcript MARY LUCAS SCHOOL&COLLEGE * CHILD LABOUR * A Presentation from * Class 9th Student 1. INTRODUCTION CHILD HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT “SOCIAL ISSUE” IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE INDIA 2. CHILD LABOUR * Child labour represent a fundamental abuse of children rights are a violation of various laws. * Many working children are engaged in occupations that negatively affect there physical‚ mental and emotional wellbeing and
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Child labour usually means work done by children under the age of fifteen‚ which limits or damages their physical‚ mental‚ social or psychological development. Some work does not harm children and may in fact be beneficial for them. Most people agree that when we talk about child labour‚ we refer to something in tolerable - young children denied school and play working simply to live‚ in dangerous conditions. Some of the worst child labour abuses involve mostly four and five year olds. About 250
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CHILD LABOR AND SCHOOLING IN GHANA Sudharshan Canagarajah Harold Coulombe This paper is one of a series of background papers undertaken as part of a World Bank Economic and Sector Work (ESW) on Ghana: Labor Markets and Poverty. We acknowledge funding from Dutch and Canadian Trust funds. The findings‚ interpretations‚ and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors‚ and do not represent the views of the World Bank in any way. TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Abstract
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The text is a speech “Florence Kelley Speaks Against Child Labor” from Irene Stuber‚ Hot Springs National Park. The intended audience of this speech is the citizens in the United States‚ especially people who are the entrepreneurs of the American industries‚ the US government officials and legislators. Targeted at both genders‚ this speech targets at adults. This is because adults have the ability to voice out and take action against child labour in the society‚ they are able to give a helping hand
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PROGRAMME FOR ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOUR 1. Background of the Organisation : Inspired by the Nationwide call of Mahatma Gandhi March towards Village‚’ People’s Institute of Rural Development - PIRD was established in the year 1983. PIRD is working for landless labour‚ poor farmers‚ child labour & women groups related to rural development programmes. Campaign against child labour and education for child labour are also our major programmes. 2. Facts about Child Labour : We always compare
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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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IKEA’S GLOBAL SOURCING CHALLANGE: INDIAN RUGS AND CHILD LABOUR Barner‚ IKEA’s business area manager for carpets‚ must decide how to handle the child labor issue. She learned that a German television would soon air a documentary showing children working at looms at Rangan Exports‚ one of IKEA’s major suppliers. Moreover‚ the producer invited IKEA to send a representative to take part in a live discussion. The first question is whether to recommend that IKEA participate in the program or decline
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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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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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