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