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Table of Content
 What is child labor?
 Types of Child Labor
 Causes of child labor.
 What is the age of child Labor?
 How many are there?
 Child labor in statistics.
 Regulation and prohibition act.
 Effects Of Child Labor
 How do we stop child Labor?
 Conclusion.
What is child labor?
❖“Child labour” is generally speaking, work for
children that harms them or exploits them in
someway (physically, mentally, morally or by
blocking access to education).
❖It is the work that exceeds a minimum number of
hours depending on the age of a child and on the
type of work.
Types of Child Labor
❖ Child labour in agriculture.
❖ Child labour and armed conflict.
❖ Commercial sexual exploitation of children.
❖ Child labour and domestic work.
❖ Migration and child labour. Resources on migration and
child labour. » » Resources on migration and child
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❖ Mining and quarrying.
❖ Safe work for youth.
❖ Trafficking in children.
Causes of child labor
❖Overexploitation of population.
❖Decrease of resources.
❖Decrease in literacy.
❖Increase of poverty.
❖Increase of unemployment.
❖Lack of schooling and daily care.
❖Limited choices for women.
What is the age of child Labor?
❖What is the law on child labour? In India the law
addressing child labour is known as the Child Labour
Amendment (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 2016.
❖This law regulates the employment of children and does
not allow children below the age of 14 to work except as
a child artist and in a family business.
How many are there?
❖ 61% in Asia, 32% in Africa, and 7% in Latin America, 1% in
US, Canada, Europe and other wealthy nations.
❖ In Asia, 22% of the workforce is children. In Latin America,
17% of the workforce is children.
❖ 246 million child workers aged 5 and 17 were involved in
child labor.
❖ Out of which 171 million were involved in work that by its
nature is hazardous.
Child labor statistics
❖One in every six children aged 5 to 17 worldwide is
exploited by child labor.
❖There are approximately 9 million children involved in
the unconditional worst forms of child labor.
❖In Sub-Saharan Africa around one in three children are
engaged in child labor, representing 69 million children.
❖In South Asia, another 44 million are engaged in child
labor.
Regulation and Prohibition Act
❖This was declared by the parliament on 23rd December,
1986.
❖It includes Prohibition of employment of
children in certain occupations and processes.
❖No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any
of the occupations which are hazardous by its nature.
Effects Of Child Labor
❖The difficulty of tasks and harsh working conditions
create a number of problems such as
1. premature ageing,
2. malnutrition,
3. depression,
4. drug dependency etc.
❖From disadvantaged backgrounds, minority groups, or
abducted from their families, these children have no
protection.
How do we stop child Labor?
❖Educate yourself. ...
❖Contact retail stores, manufacturers, and importers. ...
❖Buy fair trade and sweatshop-free products whenever
possible. ...
❖Grow more of your own food. ...
❖Share your time and money. ...
❖Contact local, regional, and national legislators.
Conclusion
❖The social malady of child labor can be brought under
control, if each individual takes responsibility of
reporting about anyone employing a child below the age
of 14years.
❖Thus, instead of ignoring on should find out about
reporting child labor and how such children can actually
be saved.
❖Child labor can be controlled if the government
functions effectively with the support of the public.
References
❖Wikipedia
❖Google
❖Studymafia.org
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