DO A FAVOUR , AVOID CHILD LABOUR
•Muhammad Kamran (16) •Introduction
•Asim Javed (40) •Forms & Causes/Reasons Of Child Labour
•Muhammad Inaam (01) •Effects of Child labour & Pakistan’s Effort
•Umair Qayyum (440 •Recommendations to eradicate Child labours
• Today Pakistan is facing a lot of social problems but some are
very common in Pakistan, which are destroying our society and also economy of Pakistan. • Child labour is a global issue. • Child labour is one of the most common problems in Asia and
also in Pakistan
Child Labour” is work for children that harms them or exploits them in some way e.g. •Physically
•Mentally •morally or blocking access to education
•children aged 5-14 are above 40 million •3.8 million children are working
40,000,000
80
30,000,000
60
20,000,000
40
10,000,000
20
0
0 Total Children
Working Children
Boys
Girs
Province
Punjab Sindh NWFP Balochistan Total
Total No. of Total No. of Children in age Economically Active group of 5-14 years Children in Age (millions) group of 5-14 years (millions) 22.63 8.62 6.71 2.07 40.03
1.94 0.30 1.06 0.01 3.31
Ratio of Child Labour
8.6% 3.5% 15.8% 0.5% 8.3%
•Carpet Industry
•Deep Fishing Industry
•Glass Bangle Industry
•Domestic Service
•Surgical Industry
•Begging Profession
•Rag Picking Business
•On the Streets
•Restaurant
•Agriculture
•Over population •Illiteracy •Poverty •Urbanization •Unemployment of elders •Orphans
•Willingness to exploit children •Family background •Discrimination against minority •Inadequate laws •Poor infrastructure •The role of education
•Child labour deprives a child of a proper childhood. •Suffers physical and mental torture. •Becomes mentally and emotionally mature too fast which is a dangerous
sign.
•Child labour creates and perpetuates poverty. •It condemns the child to a life of unskilled, badly paid work. •Ultimately this leads to child labour with each generation.
•The Employee Children Act, 1991 •The Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1992
•Punjab Compulsory Education Act 1994 •Danish schools Network
•The government gave free books to primary schools so
parents with limited budgets are now able to send their children to schools
•Awareness raising activities of children’s rights to education •Microfinance programs
•Provision of health and educational services •Ensuring that children orphaned •opportunities for poor people
•Free, compulsory, relevant and good-quality education services •Laws and regulations against child labour •Civil society and media engagement
•Relevant school curriculum and vocational training programs •Social programs to support families to find alternative income to
replace their child’s employment •Start campaigns on children’s for the implementation of children's
rights •Family size should be small
•Disabled children must receive priority attention •Expand education services to make them accessible to working
children.