'Stop Child Labor'

 

  This is evident from the latest figures of international labor organization.

PAKISTAN is among these Asian country where a number of children  are deprived  of their basic right of health,education and protection owing to their involvement  in different inhuman occupation.

According to Pakistan's National Child Labor Survey, 3.3 million children between the age of  7 to 15 years were working in different field on full time basis.

 Finally, it must be clear that the goal of the elimination of child labor cannot be achieved only through pushing child workers out of the workplaces and by imposing restrictions on employment. A multitude of factors namely pervasive poverty, adult unemployment, population growth, illiteracy and the lack of social protection mechanisms are the various causes that promote child work. Hence, to eliminate the menace, the state is supposed to initiate composite efforts to combat against all of the above mentioned factors immediately.

Finally, it must be clear that the goal of the elimination of child labour cannot be achieved only through pushing child workers out of the workplaces and by imposing restrictions on employment. A multitude of factors namely pervasive poverty, adult unemployment, population growth, illiteracy and the lack of social protection mechanisms are the various causes that promote child work. Hence, to eliminate the menace, the state is supposed to initiate composite efforts to combat against all of the above mentioned factors immediately - See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/12/comment/editors-mail/stop-child-labour/#sthash.79W4ORvg.dpuf

Finally, it must be clear that the goal of the elimination of child labour cannot be achieved only through pushing child workers out of the workplaces and by imposing restrictions on employment. A multitude of factors namely pervasive poverty, adult unemployment, population growth, illiteracy and the lack of social protection mechanisms are the various causes that promote child work. Hence, to eliminate the menace, the state is supposed to initiate composite efforts to combat against all of the above mentioned factors immediately - See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/12/comment/editors-mail/stop-child-labour/#sthash.79W4ORvg.dpuf

This is evident from the latest figures by International Labour Organisation, according to which, more than half (53 percent) of the 215 million child workers worldwide are involved in hazardous work. And, unfortunately, highest number of children belongs to Asia and the Pacific.
Pakistan is among these Asian countries where a number of children are deprived of their basic right of health, education and protection owing to their involvement in different inhumane occupations. According to Pakistan’s National Child Labour Survey, 3.3 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 years were working in different fields on full time basis. - See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/12/comment/editors-mail/stop-child-labour/#sthash.79W4ORvg.dpuf

This is evident from the latest figures by International Labour Organisation, according to which, more than half (53 percent) of the 215 million child workers worldwide are involved in hazardous work. And, unfortunately, highest number of children belongs to Asia and the Pacific.
Pakistan is among these Asian countries where a number of children are deprived of their basic right of health, education and protection owing to their involvement in different inhumane occupations. According to Pakistan’s National Child Labour Survey, 3.3 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 years were working in different fields on full time basis. - See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/12/comment/editors-mail/stop-child-labour/#sthash.79W4ORvg.dpuf

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Stop child labour

       what is the child labor? 

• United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund(UNICEF) defines"Child" as anyone below the age of 18,"Child labor" as some time of work performed by children below as 18.  

"Child labor in Pakistan"

Child Labor in  Pakistan

 is the employment of children for work in Pakistan, leading to mental, physical, moral and social harm to children. The Human Right Commission of Pakistan estimated in the 1990s that 11 million children were working in the country, half of those under the age of ten. In 1996, the median age for a child entering the work force was seven, down from eight years old 2 years prior. It was estimated that one quarter of the country’s work force was made up of child laborers.

 Demographics.

. As of 2005–2006, it is estimated that 96 per cent of working boys were employed in the wholesale and retail industry in urban areas, followed by 22 per cent in the service industry and 22 per cent in manufacturing. As for the girls 48 per cent were employed in the service industry while 100 per cent were employed in manufacturing. In rural areas, 68 per cent of working boys were joined by 82 per cent of working girls. In the wholesale and retail industry the percentage of girl were 11 per cent followed by 11 per cent in manufacturing. Child labor in Pakistan is perhaps most rampant in a north-eastern city called Sialkot, near the border with Kashmir, which is an important production center for exports goods such as sporting goods.

A History of Child Labor:

While the number of children employed in the developed world may have dropped significantly since that time, in the developing world the numbers are still very high. There are currently an estimated 218 million child labourers around the world, which works out as 14% of all children between the age of 5 and 17 worldwide. The highest incidence of child labor is in the southern half of Africa. Of those 218 million children in the workforce, 150 million are employed in agriculture, 48 million are in services, and 20 million are working in industrial jobs.

 20 million are working in industrial jobs.

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