(Published in International Journal of Technical Cooperation‚ 4 (1)‚ Summer‚ 1998) CHILD LABOUR IN BANGLADESH Nasim Banu‚ Shahjahan Bhuiyan‚ Islamic University‚ Kushtia and Smita Sabhlok‚ University of Southern California In an increasingly integrated world‚ people feel more intimately connected with communities and processes in distant lands. Today the world seems to have high expectations and aspirations for its children‚ certainly higher than seeing them break bricks or straining their
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Child labour in India Child labour in India is the practice where children engage in economic activity‚ on part or full-time basis. The practice deprives children of their childhood‚ and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Poverty‚ lack of good schools and growth of informal economy are considered as the important causes of child labour in India. The 2001 national census of India estimated the total number of child labour‚ aged 5–14‚ to be at 12.6 million.Child labor problem is
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THE EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. A CASE STUDY IN MADINA. Problem Statement Lots has been said about child labour and in these reports there are clearly stated concerns about the effects of child labour on children‘s academic performance and its long run impact on human capital development. Situations where children of school going age are engaged in active work‚ does it at the expense of school. The situation existed even before Ghana attained her independence in 1957. Generally
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ELIMINATING CHILD LABOUR: DO NGO INTERVENTIONS ADD UP TO A STRATEGY? Rekha Wazir* The involvement of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in child labour is fairly recent but it is steadily growing in momentum. However‚ only a few NGOs have succeeded in achieving recognition in this field at the national level. This paper starts by reviewing a number of inter-linked background factors that circumscribe and curtail the activities of NGOs. This is followed by an analysis of the strategies
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CHILD LABOUR‚ a menace in India. The phrase – ’Today’s children are the citizens of tomorrow’ – has fallen between the cracks‚ given the prevailing child labour across the country. Children are made to work as slaves in factories‚ fields‚ and are also self-employed as‚ milkman‚ rag-pickers‚ shoe-polisher and rickshaw pullers. The Global Child Labor Index 2012‚ prepared by Maplecroft‚ ranks India 27th on the list of countries where children are at risk of being victim to child labour. “I
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ld La CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA: CAUSES‚ MAGNITUDE AND POLICIES DR. ANJALI PRASAD Department of Economics T.P.S. College‚ Patna The existence of child labour is a slur on a modern welfare state which seeks to promote the all round development of its citizens. Children are the future hope of the society. They are like buds‚ which need to be properly nursed and well‚ taken care of so that they bloom fully‚ grow into able human beings‚ and contribute
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Child labour is the practice of having children engage in economic activity‚ on part or full-time basis. The practice deprives children of their childhood‚ and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Poverty‚ lack of good schools and growth of informal economy are considered as the important causes of child labour in India. The 2001 national census of India estimated the total number of child labour‚ aged 5–14‚ to be at 12.6 million. The child labour problem is not unique to India;
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(United Nations Children’s Fund) defines child labor as “work that exceeds a minimum number of hours‚ depending on the age of a child and on the type of work.” According to UNICEF‚ 158 million children‚ ages ranging from 5 to 14‚ are engaged in child labor. Many face life-threatening jobs‚ such as coal mining‚ metalwork‚ and other work that involve contact with pesticides‚ highly toxic chemicals‚ and sexually transmitted diseases. International Labour Organisation (ILO) states that‚ “the total
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want to open my thoughts in this speech on child labour. Could you imagine living in the west as a child and being chained to a loom to weave a carpet in a poorly lit and dirty building? Being deprived of your education and childhood all for just a few pennies a day? Child labour is a familiar topic‚ yet you might be wondering what it means. Child labour is simply the employment of children as wage earners. Children of any age can be a victim of child labour and it is a huge problem in third world
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CHILD LABOUR “The rising sun of a nation when works in dark furnaces‚ it blinds future of the nation.” The problem of child labour came in consideration in mid-19th century when first factory was established. It is an unfortunate manifestation of economic compulsion as well as socio cultural perceptions. Child labour is a complex problem which is deeply rooted on ground of poverty. India doesn’t have appreciable position in terms of child labour and according to the surveys; India has the largest
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