Save the Children works to end exploitative Child labour. Many children all over the world do some kind of work. You might have an after-school job‚ or maybe you help out with chores around the house. This kind of work can be great: you build skills and earn extra cash. It’s not child labour. Only work that’s harmful to a child’s physical and mental development is considered to be child labour. One in seven children is exposed to this kind of labour‚ kept from school and the chance to improve the
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the list with the highest number of child labourers in the world. The 2001 national Census of India estimated the total number of child labour‚ aged 5-14‚ to be at 12.6 million.[1] Out of the 12.6 million ‚0.12 million engages in hazardous job. However‚ according to informal labour force statistics‚ the problem seems to be more severe than reflected. Child labour is estimated to be as large as 60 million in India‚ as many children are "hidden workers" working in homes or in the underground economy
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Child labour usually means work done by children under the age of fifteen‚ which limits or damages their physical‚ mental‚ social or psychological development. Some work does not harm children and may in fact be beneficial for them. Most people agree that when we talk about child labour‚ we refer to something in tolerable - young children denied school and play working simply to live‚ in dangerous conditions. Some of the worst child labour abuses involve mostly four and five year olds. About 250
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ABOLITION OF CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA Strategies for the Eleventh Five Year Plan Executive Summary INTRODUCTION In passing the 86th Amendment to the Constitution of India‚ education is a fundamental right. This has implications for fulfillment of the obligation of the State to ensure that every child is in school. Since most children who do not attend schools are engaged in some form of work or another‚ it is essential that there is a comprehensive plan to withdraw children from work and mainstream
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Child Labour in India Child labour has emerged as an increasingly important issue‚ reflecting heightened sensitivity to problems at all levels. The Constitution of India and successive governments have targeted its elimination and promoted universalisation of education. EVERY YEAR in June‚ the world community celebrates Anti-Child Labour Day. And in increasing combination‚ various specialised agencies and non-government organisations (NGOs) have in recent years placed child labour‚ especially its
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Child labour From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The first general laws against child labour‚ the Factory Acts‚ were passed in Britain in the first half of the 19th century. Children younger than nine were not allowed to work and the work day of youth under the age of 18 was limited to twelve hours.[1] Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries
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Location and Structure 2 International Labour Conference 2 International Labour Standards 2 Obligation of Members after Adoption of International Labor Standards 5 Supervision of Application of Ratified Conventions 5 ILO and Mauritius 6 Conclusion 6 References: 7 History Founded in 1919‚ after the World War I‚ the International Labour Organisation is an international institution responsible for formulating and overseeing international labour standard. It became the first specialized
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Compulsory primary education for tackling the problem of child labour This reader maintains‚ and has written to this effect in the Bulletin and elsewhere‚ on a number of occasions‚ that non-implementation of the programme of universal primary education and not putting this social welfare programme first on the list of priorities has rendered India vulnerable in all fields; and child labour can not be eliminated unless the child in sent to his/her rightful place - the school. Today‚ except Kerala
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at adults. This is because adults have the ability to voice out and take action against child labour in the society‚ they are able to give a helping hand to the children. This speech also aims at middle to high-income groups as Kelley is trying to draw their attention towards the issue of child labour. The purpose of the speech is to inform people about the consequences and negative impact of child labour on children. Most importantly‚ Kelley makes effective use of language‚ numerical figures and
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The labour market is where the demand and supply of labour interact to determine the wage rate and the allocation of labour resources between firms and industries in the economy. The stimulus emphasises the distinct trends in the labour market such as underemployment‚ low participation rate and high unemployment rate in Australia. The government has an active role in dealing with different employment issues by creating employment opportunities‚ altering wages to be equitable and other costs of hiring
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