Small wonder - Child Labour Menace

Small wonder - Child Labour Menace

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  BJMC-V UNDER THEGUIDANCE OF SHEENA CHANDRA MA’AM
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  Child labour refersto the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labour was employed to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts of workers' and children's rights. In many developed countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works (excluding household chores, in a family shop, or school-related work). An employer is usually not permitted to hire a child below a certain minimum age. This minimum age depends on the country and the type of work involved. States ratifying the Minimum Age Convention adopted by the International Labor Organization in 1973, have adopted minimum ages varying from 14 to 16. Child labor laws in the United States set the minimum age to work in an establishment without restrictions and without parents' consent at age 16, except for the agricultural industry where children as young as 12 years of age can work in the fields for an unlimited number of non-school hours. See Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act). The incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25 to 10 percent between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank.
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   My summerproject targets on the wretched condition of child workers  While doing this project I came across the real hero of our society, who put their life on risk and work under extreme conditions  Though there has been effective measure taken by administration still child labourers exist  It is also to some extent ignorance of the administration that could be attributed to increase in the number of child labourers
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   This projectrequired video shoot which helped me learn the technique of camera handling.  I researched on child labourers and spoke to many child workers on the road. This gave me an opportunity to engage in social welfare.  This documentary made me learn the skill of script writing, and video editing, an essential part of electronic communication.  I worked on it so it made built in me the urge to work on a particular topic sincerely and efficiently.
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   VIDEO SHOOTUSING CANON POWERSHOT A480 DIGI CAMERA  SCRIPT WRITING  SOUND RECORDING  VIDEO EDITING
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  According to UNICEF,there are an estimated 250 million children aged 5 to 14 in child labour worldwide, excluding child domestic labour. The United Nations and the International Labor Organization consider child labour exploitative, with the UN stipulating, in article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child that: ...States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. Although globally there is an estimated 250 million children working. In the 1990s every country in the world except for Somalia and the United States became a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, or CRC. Somalia eventually signed the convention in 2002; the delay of the signing was believed to been due to Somalia not having a government.
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   An estimated218 million children aged 5-17 are engaged in child labour, excluding child domestic labour  126 million of these children are believed to be engaged in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working in mines, working with chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery, which is otherwise described as the “worst forms of child labour”  Mostly children are sent to work by compulsion and not by their choice  1 out of 3 children(5-14 years) don’t have access to primary education  Approximately fifteen million children work as bonded labourers in India
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   POVERTY POOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION  CAN BE EASILY LURED AND DOMINATED  LACK OF AWARENESS THE MAJOR REASON FOR EXPLOITATION IS THE FRAGILE SITUATION OF CHILDREN IN INDIA – IF THEY DON’T WORK THEY WILL STRAVE
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   The mostcommon obstacle to adequate legal protection for children is the fact that legislation is not enforced.  Intense media attention and ultimately successful public campaigns for governments to get tough on child labour.  Reduction of chronic poverty through broad-based economic and social development, with a strong emphasis on human resource development, will create the environment for fundamental change in cultural attitudes towards children.
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   Eliminate poverty  Ensure free and suitable education, ensure skills training for children release from worst form of child labour  By keeping children in school, children are less vulnerable to child labour. Withdraw child labourers and put them back to schools.  There is a need to improve the system/education model which can be used to withdraw children from work force  Good quality human resources and enough source of funding  Partnership with education stakeholders
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  CHILD LABOUR AWARENESS QUALITY EDUCATION WHICH IS FREE ELIMINATING POVERTY
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  NGO PROFILE ACTIONAID INDIA One area of focus of Action Aid India is education and 'left out' children (including street and working children). The NGO has 12 regional offices (in Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai and Patna). BUTTERFLIES Butterflies provides alternative education as well as basic services to street children and working children in the New Delhi area. CRY CRY targets underprivileged Indian children, including child workers. The NGO carries out child development initiatives all over India. It is based in Maharashtra. CREDA The NGO's work focuses on child labour related activities. It has undertaken projects for the elimination and rehabilitation of child labour around Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). GLOBAL MARCH AGAINST CHILD LABOUR The Global March Against Child Labour is a global movement against child labour. It has partners in over 150 countries and is based in New Delhi. PRAYAS Prayas works with destitute, street, and working children. It addresses issues related to lack of sensitivity and infrastructure for their rehabilitation, education, and reintegration. Prayas covers Delhi, Bihar and the earthquake affected areas of Gujarat. WORLD VISION INDIA World Vision conducts nine special initiative programmes, targeting in particular street children, bonded child labourers and child victims of sexual exploitation.
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  Rag-picking children
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  Vegetable vendor
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  Serving food
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   Even thoughwe have given a contingency plan with which we think this social issue could slowly be eradicated, the road ahead is stormy  Awareness programs with change in government policies and free education is a must to get rid of this social evil that still exists in our society today  Organizations like CRY, ACTION AID INDIA, BUTTERFLIES AND PRAYAS are working 24/7 for the rights of these children. It is our duty to support these causes and raise our voices against this injustice that is happening around us