CHILD LABOUR PAKISTAN PRESENTATION

CHILD LABOUR

PAKISTAN

CHILD LABOUR

Child labour refers to work that is harmful to a child’s health and wellbeing, and/or interferes with their education, leisure and development.

CHILD IS MEANT TO LEARN NOT EARN...

It is estimated that 112 million children and youth work in agriculture. Many of them do not attend school, have little time to play and do not receive proper nutrition or care. Often this work can also be hazardous and exploitative. Many of the types of work girls and boys are involved in are hidden and difficult to track, suggesting that the actual number of child labourers could be much higher, especially for some girls.

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CHILD LABOR

CHILD LABOUR

Child Labour is work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity and that is harmful to physical and mental development.

Child Labor refers to children who work to produce a good or a service which can be sold for money in the marketplace regardless of whether or not they are paid for their work

CHILD LABOUR IN PAKISTAN

According to the Global Slavery Index 2013, Pakistan is ranked third among the countries that experience the worst forms of child labour. Children in Pakistan are vulnerable to many forms of violence (physical, psychological, sexual) and exploitation, including economic exploitation and child trafficking. About 3.3 million of Pakistani children are trapped in child labor, depriving them of their childhood, their health and education, and condemning them to a life of poverty and want. It was estimated that almost a quarter of women aged 20-49 were married before the age of 15, and 31% before eighteen years of age. Only 34% of children under five are registered at birth nationally.

PDHS

There is no reason there is no excuse child labour is child abuse

MOST COMMON CHILD LABOUR IN PAKISTAN

About 11 million children in Pakistan perform domestic tasks and work in agriculture. Other children work alongside their families as bonded laborers in the brick industry

For a Better nation stop child exploitation

The severest form of child exploitation and forced labour is prevalent in the Brick Kiln industry. “According to UNICEF estimates, two-fifths to two-thirds of all the working children in Pakistan toil in brick kilns.” Brick employers force innocent children to contribute to the production of bricks under inhumane conditions. On average, more than 65% of children in Punjab employed at Brick kilns are below 10 years old.

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CAUSES

Following are the few causes of child labour

1. Poverty

2. Illiteracy

Poor children and their families may rely upon child labor in order to improve their chances of attaining basic necessities.

The families are uneducated and illiterate and dont understand the importance of study and school in general.

4. Debt

3. Limited Access To Free Education

In 2006, approximately 75 million children were not in school, limiting future opportunities for the children and their communities

Due to large unpayable debts, families are forced to give their child as a bonded labour.

EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR

Lack Of Education

General Injuries

General child injuries and abuses like cuts, burns and lacerations, fractures, tiredness and dizziness, excessive fears and nightmares

Lack of schooling results in missing educational qualifications and higher skills thus perpetuating their life in poverty.

Physical Abuse

Sexual Abuse

Children, especially girls, also have to face sexual abuse particularly sexual exploitation by adults, rape, prostitution, early and unwanted pregnancy, abortion, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS, drugs and alcoholism.

The children haver to go through physical abuse that involve corporal punishment, emotional maltreatment such as blaming, belittling, verbal attacks, rejection, humiliation and bad remarks.

Fight Against Child Labour

The Constitution of Pakistan contains provisions for the economic and social well-being of the people and for the promotion of social justice. Fundamental rights with regard to the security of life or liberty, prohibition of slavery and forced labour, and the right to form associations or unions, among others, are enshrined in the Constitution.

• Article 3: the state shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual fulfillment of fundamental principle, from each according to his ability and to each according to his work. • Article 11(3): No child below the age of 14 years shall be engaged in any factory or mine or any other hazardous employment. • Article 25(A): The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years in such manner as determined by law. • Article 37(e): The state shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work, ensuring that women and children are not employed in vacations unsuited to their age or sex, and for maternity benefits for women in employment.

Famous Quotes

Grace Abbot (1878-1939)

Iqbal Masih (1983 - 1995)

Child labour and poverty are bounded together. If you continue to use child labor as a treatement for the social desease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time

Children should have pens in their hands and not tools.

NOT KNOWING THE RHYMEIS THAT A CRIME?

Iqbal Masih: The Survivor of Child Labor

Iqbal Masih became a debt slave in a carpet factory in Pakistan when he was a child. Five years later he was set free. He gave other children the courage to leave their owners. He was awarded Sitar-e-Shujaat for his works.

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The vow

If you save a life it is as though you save the world

References

UNICEF

Bibliography

International Labour Organization.

Open Data PK

UNICEF PAKISTAN

Open Data PK

Bureau Of International Labor Affairs

The News PK.

Paycheck PK.