child labour1
DESCRIPTION
It is a rudimentary emphasis on the importance of Child Labor. It concerns itself with some of the labor laws of Pakistan and points out how great the issue is world wide.TRANSCRIPT
Child Labour
Child Labour
• A growing problem all over the world
250 million children involved in this practice
Mostly, from ages ranging from 5 to 14
Nearly half of them work full time
61%
32%
7%1%
AsiaAfricaLatin AmericaUS, Canada and others
Child Labour
Distribution across the world
What is Child Labour?
International Labour Organization
• Convention No.138 in 1973
• Convention No.182 in 1999
Child labour is defined as:
• Working early age
• Force labour, child prostitution and child trafficking
• Psychological, Social and materialistic pressure
Reasons and Eradication
Reasons
• Poverty
• Over population
• Ignorance and Illiteracy
• OthersExploitation of cheap and unorganized labourChild traffickingUse of children in armed conflictsChild prostitution
Reasons
• Poverty
• Over population
• Ignorance and Illiteracy
• OthersExploitation of cheap and unorganized labourChild traffickingUse of children in armed conflictsChild prostitution
Reasons
• Poverty
• Over population
• Ignorance and Illiteracy
• OthersExploitation of cheap and unorganized labourChild traffickingUse of children in armed conflictsChild prostitution
Eradication
Basic steps:
Education supply
Income transfers
Interventions
Laws
• The Factories Act 1934.
• The West Pakistan Shops and • Establishments Ordinance 1969.
• The Employment of Children Act 1991.
• The Bonded Labour System • Abolition Act 1992.
• The Punjab Compulsory Education Act 1994
"NO CHILD BELOW THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, SHALL BE ENGAGED IN ANY FACTORY OR MINE OR IN ANY OTHER HAZARDOUS EMPLOYMENT.“
"ALL FORMS OF FORCED LABOUR AND TRAFFIC IN HUMAN BEINGS IS PROHIBITED."
Law states that
CONCLUSIONS