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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The problem of child labour is a global phenomenon. Even today it is not confined to the third world countries. It is more or less prevalent everywhere in the world‚ the difference‚ if any is only of degree of kind. It is saddening to note that India is the largest employer of child labour in the world and has earned a dubious destruction of exploiting this human resource. We have yet been able to escape with this shameful menace. The problem of child labour is a global phenomenon. Even today
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Child labour situation The National Child Labour survey‚1 conducted in 1996 by the Federal Bureau of Statistics‚ found 3.3 million of the 40 million children (in the 5-14 years age group) to be economically active2 on a full-time basis. Of the 3.3 million working children‚ 73 per cent (2.4 million) were boys and 27 per cent (0.9 million)‚ girls. Children’s contribution to work in rural areas is about eight times greater than in urban areas. The number of economically active children in the 10-14
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Nike and child labour Nike is a household name when it comes to sports apparel and equipment. It has worked hard to burnish its image‚ especially by garnering endorsements from big names in the sports world‚such as Michael Jordan. But in 1996 its silver image began to tarnish. It knew it was in trouble when an article on child labour in Pakistan appeared in Life magazine with a picture of a 12-year-old boy sewing a Nike soccer ball in a factory‚ and activists started showing up in front
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Utilitarianism We have all heard that child labour is a bad thing‚ however‚ lets try and think is it‚ really? By introducing child labour companies save millions of dollars which are passed to the consumer as a cheaper price on products they buy from our firm‚ if there are more profits there are more taxes paid to the Government. By having better profit margins our company is able to pay bigger dividends to shareholders thus giving them a better return on their investment and making them
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Different Child Care and Its Effect on Child Development Introduction Every day there is a child born within a family. Families are very diverse. Most families have either one or two parents that provide income for the homes. They must find suitable child care for the children either in home or out of home. This is very important because the decision will affect the child in his development. There are many different factors that examine how child care affects a child’s development such as type
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nonetheless‚ even in the wake of these gigantic inflations‚ those hot Nike shoes remain at a steady price of $85. How? Answer: Child Labour. Child labour is work undertaken by a child that is harmful to them in some way. The labour could be harmful by making them sick‚ stopping them from getting an education or damaging them emotionally. The worst forms of child labour include using children as slaves or prostitutes‚ forcing them to sell drugs or commit crimes‚ setting them on fire for fun‚ using
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by the expansion of child labour participation rate. There is no alternative way to improve an economy without reducing child labour. Again‚ it is not possible to eradicate child labour within the short period of time. Gradually‚ people are able to shift our children from work to education. We know that‚ many reasons are involved behind children become labour in formal and informal sector. From all of the possible causes‚ poverty is the significant reason to raise child labour. Although poverty
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1. Child Labour has negative or harmful effects on the child. Child Labour refers to any work or activity that deprives children of their childhood. In effect‚ these are activities that are detrimental to the physical and mental health of children and that hinder their proper development. This encompasses domestic tasks carried out over long hours in an unhealthy environment‚ in dangerous places requiring the use of dangerous tools or materials‚ or forcing the child to carry objects that are too
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America’s Unseen Child Labor Issue. In 19th century America hundreds of thousands of children toiled to bring home a paycheck to their families. Now‚ workers in the U.S. who are less than 16 years of are protected under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. These‚ known as child labor laws help insure that children are not harmed in unsafe jobs and have the opportunity to attend school. Although child Labor in America seems to have been "solved" or eradicated‚ American companies are still
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