Definition of child labour: Child labour is the work performed by a child that is likely to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
Facts about child labour: According to the definition of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), there are about 218 million child labourers in the world today of course no one likes the fact that children work and do not go to school. But despite the facts that child labour is considered regrettable all over the world. Nearly 126 million children work under dangerous circumstances, 191 million child labourers are between the ages of 5 and 14, 74 million of these work under dangerous circumstances. About 69% work in agriculture, 20% work in services, and 10% work in industry.
WHAT COMPANIES, EMPLOYERS AND TRADE UNIONS HAS TO DO?
International trade and investments afford opportunities and open new markets. When doing business across borders it is important for companies to do so in a socially responsible manner: with care for people the environment and the immediate surroundings. As aa entrepreneur you can play a positive and visible role and take responsibility by making a lasting influence and doing what you can, for instance towards the elimination of child labour.
WHAT ARE THE ACTION AND POLICES WE HAVE TO TAKE?
Argument by poverty: Perhaps the most unique aspect of any organisation or any person approach is that it challenges main stream views on the issues of child labour, education and poverty. Policy makers, bureaucrats , the public at large and even some government bodies, while decrying the existence of child labour, still accept it as an inevitable fact on account of the poverty of the parents. These rationalise have been readily internalized, including by the poor and are accepted as received wisdom. The main causation is rooted in social and cultural factors that condone the existence of working and non-school going