Poverty and Child Labour

Kaushal Desaikaushaldesai123@gmail.com

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji

Bhavnagar UniversityDepartment of English

Aspects

♦ Child Labour, An Overview!♦ Bonded Child Labour!♦ Consequences!♦ Government Initiatives & Non Government Organizations!♦ Suggestions and Recommendations

Data says..

Child labour in India and rest of the world, per World Bank data. India is in green with 10-20% incidence levels, along with countries in red (30-40%) and black (>40%).

Poverty

Inadequate Diet

Poor HealthLow Productivity

Low Income

Question is..

Consequences

◘ Physical Abuse! ◘ Sexual Abuse! ◘ Physical & Emotional Neglect! ◘ Perpetuates Poverty! ◘ Curtailed development

Recommendations & Suggestions

◘ Be Responsible! ◘ Act! ◘ Educate! ◘ Report! ‘◘ Sambhav’ (Take a small step today)

Child labour acts and laws

♦ The major national legislative developments include the following: The Factories Act of 1948: The Act prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 years in any factory.

♦ The Mines Act of 1952: The Act prohibits the employment of children below 18 years of age in a mine.

Child labour acts and laws♦ The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986: The Act prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 years in hazardous occupations identified in a list by the law. The list was expanded in 2006, and again in 2008.

♦ The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) of Children Act of 2000: This law made it a crime, punishable with a prison term, for anyone to procure or employ a child in any hazardous employment or in bondage.

Child labour acts and laws

♦ Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009: The law mandates free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14 years.

◙ In 1988, this led to the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) initiative.

Sense of looking perspective

DiscussionThe analysis above leads to certain implications for the international community:

• Collect/study child labor data and devise interventions that allow for the possibility of children being in school and working;• Improve the quality of schooling by investing in education so as to increase its value to children and parents• Provide subsidies to poor families prone to having working children so they can afford their children's schooling (income subsidies, nutritional supplements); and• Establish partnerships of international organizations dedicated to improving children's lives.

References

♦ Bahal, Mohnish. "Child Labour." Mohnish Bahal. <@mohnish_bahal, mohnishbahal@ymail.com>. ♦ India Census. 2001. <(http:/ / censusindia. gov. in/ Census_And_You/age_structure_and_marital_status. aspx)>.♦ "Labour and Employment Statistics." (2014): page2.♦ Wikipedia. Child Labour. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=624221488>.

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