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    Child labour refers to work performed by children that exploits them physically, mentally, emotionally, or morally. It occurs due to factors like poverty, lack of access to education, and population growth. Asia accounts for 61% of the world's child labour, with over 122 million children working under age 15 in that region alone. Common sectors employing child labour include factories, construction, domestic work, and small shops. The effects of child labour are physical and psychological harm as well as barriers to education. Strategies to address the issue involve government enforcement, public awareness campaigns, access to schooling, and ensuring children's rights.

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    Child labour refers to work performed by children that exploits them physically, mentally, emotionally, or morally. It occurs due to factors like poverty, lack of access to education, and population growth. Asia accounts for 61% of the world's child labour, with over 122 million children working under age 15 in that region alone. Common sectors employing child labour include factories, construction, domestic work, and small shops. The effects of child labour are physical and psychological harm as well as barriers to education. Strategies to address the issue involve government enforcement, public awareness campaigns, access to schooling, and ensuring children's rights.

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    Child Labour

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    Child labour refers to work performed by children that exploits them physically, mentally, emotionally, or morally. It occurs due to factors like poverty, lack of access to education, and population growth. Asia accounts for 61% of the world's child labour, with over 122 million children working under age 15 in that region alone. Common sectors employing child labour include factories, construction, domestic work, and small shops. The effects of child labour are physical and psychological harm as well as barriers to education. Strategies to address the issue involve government enforcement, public awareness campaigns, access to schooling, and ensuring children's rights.

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    CHILD LABOUR

    OVERVIEW

    • What is child labour?


    • Causes of child labour
    • Child labour across the world
    • Some statistics
    • Sectors encouraging child labour
    OVERVIEW

    • Effects of child labour


    • Strategies to stop child labour
    • Rights of a child
    • Conclusion
    INTRODUCTION

    • “Why do children need to pay for poverty when they are not
    the reason for creating it?”
    WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR?

    • It is work for children that exploits them in any way


    • Child labour could harm children mentally, physically,
    emotionally or morally
    • Child labour is considered one main reason for keeping
    children uneducated
    CAUSES

    • Limited resources
    • Lower literacy rate
    • Increase in poverty
    • Increased unemployment
    • Lack of schools in backward areas
    CAUSES

    • Increase in population
    • Lack of awareness of children rights
    • Increase in poverty
    CHILD LABOUR ACROSS WORLD

    • Asia 61%
    • Africa 32%
    • Latin America 7%
    • United States 1%
    • Canada 1%
    • Europe 1%
    STATISTICS

    • According to an estimation, 13.4 million children in ARAB


    states are labourers which constitutes 15% of the population
    • In Asia, children working under 15 years of age count to
    122.3 million
    SECTORS ENCOURAGING IT

    • Factories
    • Construction sites
    • Hotels
    • Garages
    • Grocery stores
    SECTORS ENCOURAGING IT

    • As servants / Maids
    • Vehicle service stations
    • Wardens in hospitals
    • Cloth houses
    • Fire works
    EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR

    • Physical injuries are caused by machinery on farms and in


    factories
    • Long-term health problems
    • Exhaustion and malnutrition are a result of underdeveloped
    children
    EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR

    • Such children don’t have time to complete their education. 


    • They are easy target for illegal activities.
    • Hard to escape from this viscous cycle
    • Effects economy and growth of the country
    STRATEGIES TO STOP CHILD
    LABOUR
    • Government must take strict actions against child labor
    • Abstain from employing a child as domestic help
    • Report to Police when you see child labour
    • Counsel the poor who send their children to work
    STRATEGIES TO STOP CHILD
    LABOUR
    • Encourage children to take up education instead of work
    • Donate to organisations fighting against child labour
    • Use your consumer power to stop child labour
    • Educate others about rights of children
    RIGHTS OF A CHILD

    • Survival
    • Healthcare
    • Nutrition
    • Name and nationality
    • Education
    RIGHTS OF A CHILD

    • Care
    • Protection from exploitation
    • Protection from abuse
    • Freedom of expression
    • To choose religion
    CONCLUSION
    It can be controlled if
    • We do not allow anyone employ
    children below 14 years.
    • Government functions effectively
    with public support.

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