1. CHILD LABOURCHILD LABOUR
PRESENTED BY:
Pramit Karmakar

3. Child labour
Definition
AA child labour….child labour….
 is under the age of fifteen.is under the age of fifteen.
 receives extremely little or no pay.receives extremely little or no pay.
 is controlled by violence or otheris controlled by violence or other
threats.threats.
 has no option to leave the situation.has no option to leave the situation.
 has no access to education or healthhas no access to education or health
care.care.

4. The Vicious Cycle
Lack of
Education
Poverty
Child Labor

5. Child labour is a problemChild labour is a problemChild labour is a problemChild labour is a problem
Because it jeopardizesBecause it jeopardizesBecause it jeopardizesBecause it jeopardizes
HealthHealth
HumanHuman
rightsrights
FutureFuture
EducationEducation

7. Status of Children in IndiaStatus of Children in India
India has
◦ highest rate of neo-natal deaths (around 35%) in the
world
◦ 50% of the child mortality
◦ Reducing number of girls in 0-6 age group- for every
1000 boys 927 girls
◦ High school dropout specially among girls
◦ High rate of child marriage:
37% of literate & 51% of illiterate girls are married below 18
10% of literate & 15% of illiterate boys are married below 18

8. Children in Need of Care & Protection…Children in Need of Care & Protection…
Orphans, abandoned & destitute
Missing or run-away children
Street & working children
Abused, tortured and exploited
Children affected by natural
calamities, emergencies and man made disasters
Children with disabilities
Child beggars
Illiterate children

9. Protection IssuesProtection Issues
Protecting children in difficult circumstances
Elimination of child labour
Protecting children from being trafficked for
commercial and sexual exploitation.

10. How should we combat with child labour?
Awareness of
the problem
Awareness of
the problem
ConcreteConcrete
ActionAction
programsprograms
ConcreteConcrete
ActionAction
programsprograms
LabourLabour
StandardsStandards
LabourLabour
StandardsStandards
By governments andBy governments and
Sectoral & global partnershipsSectoral & global partnerships
By governments andBy governments and
Sectoral & global partnershipsSectoral & global partnerships
Ratification, applicationRatification, application
& supervision& supervision
Ratification, applicationRatification, application
& supervision& supervision

11. Combating child labour with knowledge
This will take
Considerable
Commitment,
Perseverance,
Resources, and
Harmonizing
Among
Partners
worldwide
This will take
Considerable
Commitment,
Perseverance,
Resources, and
Harmonizing
Among
Partners
worldwide

13. To promote the political will and hild
h
SUGGESTION
To promote the political will and
commitment of individual governments to
eliminate child labor, in
cooperation with employers, workers,
NGO’s and others.