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Child labour
- 1. WELCOME TO A PRESENTATION ON ‘ STRAGETEGIES TO DEALING WITH CHILD LABOUR ‘ PRESENTED BY HASTIMAL G SAGARA LECTURER, GLS INSTITE OF COMMERCE, AHMEDABAD DATE: 17.3.2007 AT MAHATMA GANDHI LABOUR INSTITUE , AHMEDABAD
- 2. FLOW OF PRESENTATION My own experiences Some myths about child labour How to role model? Role of NGOs Role of teachers Role for the child labour themselves
- 3. Sharing my own experiences with child labour and his/ family Why child labour? Because my friends are also working Because my neighbourhood boys are not going to school Because my father is a drunkard Because my mother chews a lot of guthka and tobacco Because my parents don’t care
- 4. with rs 13, i will buy a football today
- 5. I am waiting for my son. He will all money to his mom but some to me to drink
- 6. Vicious cycle There is no beginning and nor an end poverty Lazy and sick parents Drinking and tobacco chewing habits of parents Child labour Whole environment is such Helping parents
- 7. SOME "MYTHS" ABOUT CHILD LABOR? It is a myth that child labor will only disappear when poverty disappears. It is a myth that "the only way to make headway against child labour is for consumers and governments to apply pressure through sanctions and boycotts .
- 8. How to deal with child labour Please explain it to my papa!
- 9. Anti-Child Labour Day is being observed on June 12,
- 10. Who should be involved in dealing with child Labour? Media, NGOs, government, people, parents, society, teachers, Institutions Employers and adult workers
- 11. HOW WAS CHILD LABOR REDUCED IN TODAY’S DEVELOPED COUNTRIES? Five main changes took place: economic development that raised family incomes and living standards widespread, affordable, required and relevant education enforcement of anti-child labor laws (along with compulsory education laws) changes in public attitudes toward children that elevated the importance of education control of fertility
- 12. NGOs can play a very crucial role as a Agent of government Informer Researcher Change agent Implementer of action plan Can come out with stories for media
- 13. high-quality data on child labour Action programme cannot be successful unless there is a clear picture of the needs, constraints and opportunities of the target group. Highlighting success stories Role of NGOs
- 14. NGOs can discover and publicize concrete cases of abusive child labour; NGOs are especially good at devising and implementing action programmes on behalf of children already in the labour market; they are close to the children concerned, they know their special needs, and they generally enjoy the trust of the local communities in which these children live and are therefore well placed to mobilize the human and material resources available at that level. But it is regrettable that the attitude of governments towards NGOs acting against child labour has remained suspicious in several countries.
- 15. The role of teachers has been little explored, First, they can influence the children themselves by integrating child labour issues into the curriculum — for instance, the dangers of specific types of employment or work, the alternatives to work, the rights afforded to working children under national laws and regulations and the means of defending them. Second, they can influence the community by informing families on the costs and dangers of child labour; by acting as child labour monitors to help survey the extent of school non-attendance and its relationship to child labour in the community; and by supporting community participation in planning formal and non-formal education programmes to ensure that all child workers and potential child workers are reached. Finally, through their professional associations they can press for educational reforms which make education both more accessible and more attractive to poor families and their children, including providing flexibility in school calendars to accommodate children who work.
- 16. minimum age required by the law to work and that at which it is permitted to leave the school system. In several cases, the minimum age for admission to work is lower than the school leaving age, giving children access to employment before they have completed the minimum number of years of compulsory schooling. national labour and education laws are consistent
- 17. Saheb tamara chhokra maate baloons kem nathi leta?
- 18. Action plan against child labour Child participation as a major agenda …child forum Changing attitude of child Participate in discussions , meetings etc children as young as 13, who are experienced in discussing issues, are able to contribute meaningfully as participants in conferences
- 19. Lets me participate in exercise of building of action plan against child labour
- 20. THANKS