BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN

child labour

TODAY’S CHILD IS TOMORROW’S

CITIZEN
CHILDLABOR HAS BECOME A SERIOUS
PROBLEM WORLDWIDE.

CHILD
LABOR IS MORE IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.

WORKING CHIDREN ARE AT A CERTAIN STAGE

IN THEIRPSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELPOMENT

THEREFORE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE EFFECT
WILL INFLUENCE THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
SOME FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA.

60% of total child labors live in Asia. India itself has 13million child laborers
living here-2001 Census.

The ILO estimates, "246 million child workers aged 5 and 17 were involved
in child Labour”.

146 million aged children 6-11 out of school majority boys.

Carpet Industry requires the fine little fingers to weave the finest and tiniest
of knots to create the most expensive of carpets

Firecracker industry probably prefers kids to men because they are cost
effective and more efficient.

Even household labor – children last longer and are more honest than adults;
is a claim made by most homemakers.
 
PERCENTAGE OF CHILD LABOUR ACROSS THE
WORLD.

ASIA

AFRICA

LATIN AMERICA

US,CANADA,EUROPE
AND OTHERS
A VIEW OF CHILDREN ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT
SECTORS.
MEDIA REPORTS

Children slaving for the common wealth games.

Bricks for bread and milk.

Child labour in gujarat’s cottonseed farm.

CHILD LABOUR