the era of globalisation‚ child labour remains a widespread phenomenon throughout the world. For large number of children work is an ordeal‚ on source of suffering and exploitation‚ and a fundamental abuse of human rights (Bequele‚ 1998). The consequences of child labour often result in education deprivation‚ social disadvantage‚ poor health‚ physical and psychological development. The causes of child labour are complex and wide ranging‚ but the future for child labour does show some good prospects
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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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Child labour Considerable differences exist between the many kinds of work children do. Some are difficult and demanding‚ others are more hazardous and even morally reprehensible. Children carry out a very wide range of tasks and activities when they work. Not all work done by children should be classified as child labour that is to be targeted for elimination. Children’s or adolescents’ participation in work that does not affect their health and personal development or interfere with their
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RESEARCH SUMMARY CHILD L ABOUR IN INDIA Economics of Child Labour A case study of the glass bangle industry BACKGROUND Child Labour The glass manufacturing industry in Ferozabad‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ produces bangles‚ utensils‚ bulbs‚ decorative articles etc. The glass industry has been classified as hazardous and the employment of child labour (children below age 14 years) in it is prohibited. However‚ available research and literature indicated that child labour was concentrated mainly
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Child Labor – A Challenge the World is Facing Childhood is the most innocent stage in a human life. It is that phase of life where a child is free from all the tensions‚ fun-loving‚ play and learns new things‚ and is the sweetheart of all the family members. But this is only one side of the story. The other side is full of tensions and burdens. Here‚ the innocent child is not the sweetheart of the family members‚ instead he is an earning machine working the entire day in order to satisfy the needs
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Child labour is a major problem in India. It is a great challenge that the country is facing. The prevalence of it is evident by the child work participation rates which are higher in India than in other developing countries. Estimates cite figures of child labour between 60 and 115 million working children in India‚ the highest number in the world (Human Rights Watch‚ 1996). It is basically rooted in poverty. It is poverty that forces a child to earn money to support his family. Though
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Child Labour Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. The International Labor Organization estimates that 215 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 currently work under conditions that are considered illegal‚ hazardous‚ or extremely exploitative. Underage children
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CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA: Definition: Child marriage means that two children are forced to marry each other with the consent of the two families. The children are forced into the institution of marriage without knowing about its significance in the long run. Though parents are of the opinion that they involve their children in such rituals because it is an age old custom and it will also secure the future of their children but the reality is not so. Though in some cases parents believe in such superstitions
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wants to have children in the future? I know this question comes to you early but there are no right and wrong answers here. I‚ too‚ want to have sons and daughters in the future. I want them to enjoy all the simplest‚ craziest and funniest things a child can enjoy – for instances‚ to play‚ to learn and to sing– like I did when I was young. However‚ coming from a developing country myself‚ I know that not all children achieved these “hopes” of mine. Imagine your younger brothers and/or sisters‚ cousins
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EVILS OF CHILD LABOUR INTRODUCTION: Childhood is the most innocent stage in a human life. It is that phase of life where a child is free from all the tensions‚ fun-loving‚ play and learns new things‚ and is the sweetheart of all the family members. But this is only one side of the story. The other side is full of tensions and burdens. Here‚ the innocent child is not the sweetheart of the family members‚ instead he is an earning machine working the entire day in order to satisfy the needs and wants
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