CHILD LABOUR PRESENTATION

Nejla Bilkic and Selma Uygun

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7. example India

1. what is child labour ?

8. example Bangladesh

2. Number of workers

9. against slavery

3. what do they do ?

10. Timeline

4. causes

5. work they do

6. consequences

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What is child labour ?

What is Child Labour ?

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Labour Organization ILO, child labour is any work done by minors that has negative consequences for their mental, social and health development and that violates the fundamental rights of children to education, health, protection and participation.

Foreign words :minors = Minderjährige violates = gegen etwas verstoßen

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How many children work Worldwide ?

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Where do most children work ?

child workers worldwide

• according to the ILO, 160 million children work in the age group between five and 17 years
• among them are 79 million girls and boys in hazardous work :
• they toiled in dangerous places such as quarries or plantations
• they work at night or have too long working hours
• 89. 3 million child workers are between 5 and 11 years old about 10 million children are kept as slaves
• they do forced labour: e. g. in households or in agriculture they are sold and abused

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causes of child labour

Why do children work ?

• one cause is poverty
• poor education systems – 263 million children worldwide do not go to school
• Hunger wages, lack of social protection and no trade union organisations – families depend on children’s help
• Discrimination
• War and Brutal Conflict – People Must Flee
• Climate change

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in which sectors do children work ?

in which sectors do children work ?

• Child labor is in many products: cars, cosmetics, mobile phones, chocolate, etc.
• Children often work at the beginning of the supply chain (production or cultivation of raw materials)
• many of them are not employees, but work alongside their parents or relatives

sectors in which children work

in which sectors do children work ?

in which sectors do children work ?

Companies That still Use Child Labor

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Consequences of child labour

Consequences of child labour

• Children ruin their health: for example, they breathe in dust that causes lasting damage to their respiratory tract
• many children even lose their lives: according to the ILO, around 22,000 children die every year
• Mental health is endangered by heavy work + endless drudgery
• no education: ⅓ children do not attend school
• Exploitation of children harms a country’s economy + hinders development

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Consequences

Foreign words :inadequate = ungenügend

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Child labour in India

child labour in india

• India is one of the countries where child labour is still widespread
• Indian law restricts employment of minors under 14, but is not prohibited in principle
• every fifth child between the ages of six and 14 does not go to school in India
• according to the Unicef report, 12. 6 million children have to do hazardous work – most of them up to 16 hours a day

sectors in which children work

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E. INDIA

Foreign words :minors = Minderjährige relatives = Verwandte anchored = verankert

Nasreen Sheikh Child Labour in India

"i Am A Child Labour Survivor and forced marriage survivor."

When you press the button you’ll see a video about Nasreen Sheikh.

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Child Labour in Bangladesh

Child labour in bangladesh

• is common, with 4.7 million children aged 5 to 14 in the workforce
• the legal form of employment in Bangladesh is 14
• the most common forms of work like agriculture, is in rural areas, and domestic service, in urban areas
• majority of all child labourers in Bangladesh work in

agriculture

• People of Bangladesh historically and traditionally have been working in agriculture

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CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR IN BANGLADESH

Lack of Education

Poverty

Demographics

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RIDOYCHILD LABOUR IN BANGLADESH

"I work ten hours a day in a leather factory. I don’t like working here. The dirt gets under my nails and my skin scratches."

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Combating child labour

• action at the international level
• the problem must be recognized
• efforts in the field of education
• better enforce labor laws
• replace children with adults
• stop trade in goods made by children
• recognize trade union and other human rights
• WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR

Foreign words :enforce = durchsetzen

Companies that combat child labour

World Day Against Child Labour

The World Day Against Child Labor was launched in 2002 by the International Labor Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. Celebrated annually on June 12, the international day of action aims to promote the worldwide movement against child labour.

Foreign words :annually = jährlich aims = Ziele promote = fördern

timeline

As a result of the Covid 19 pandemic, the number of child workers has increased for the first time in 20 years.

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2016

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2020

246 million child workers worldwide

The number of child workers decreases from 246 to 152

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FOR YOUR ATTANTION !

• https://www.tdh.de/was-wir-tun/arbeitsfelder/kinderarbeit/
• https://laborcenter.uiowa.edu/special-projects/child-labor-public-education-project/about-child-labor/what-child-labor

• https://theirworld.org/resources/child-labour/
• https://www.plan.de/kinderschutz/kinderarbeit/kinderarbeit-in-indien.html

• https://www.humanium.org/en/child-labour/
• https://www.plan-international.at/kinderschutz/kinderarbeit/definition-kinderarbeit.html
• https://www.kinder-und-jugendrechte.de/im-fokus/kinder-in-beschaeftigung
• http://library.fes.de/library/netzquelle/intgw/arbeitsb/pdf/spielen_3.pdf

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