The Old Justice Bhagwati 's Words Strike

Child labor was very common and popular especially in the late 1800s and early the 1900s even though many people were not aware of the dangers. We can define child labor as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and cause to their physical and mental development. Children are the base of a country but in a developing country child labor is an issue that has yet to disappear. Most of the children remain illiterate because of their poor economic condition and parents do not have enough money to spend on the education of their children, rather they send their children for work so that they could earn some money during their poor economic condition. The objective of my research paper is to raise awareness

“The International Labor Organization estimates that at least 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working, mostly in the developing world.” Many Americans view child labor as wrong or dangerous, but they do not realize how essential child labor can be in developing countries. In the article “Regulated Child Labor Is Necessary in Developing Countries,” by John Tierney, a current author for the New York Times, focuses on child labor and why it is essential in some developing countries. Tierney creates a sympathetic tone for the readers to try and understand the struggles regarding child labor in developing countries.

Recently, in the Daily Telegraph Angus McDonald wrote an opinion piece about how Indian children are being exploited for cheap labour and how the government is not dealing with the problem as Angus believes they are accountable for the responsibility. This issue has recently blown up in the media, due to the recent information about the average day of a child labour living in India. Angus McDonald uses emotive language, logical evidence, case studies , appeals to a sense of justice and a photograph, along with an alarmist tone to convey the message that the government need to step up and stop child labour.

One of the major issues faced between third world countries and with western civilization is the question of having child labor laws. Most of the westernization would all agree to get rid of the young under aged children from working in these dark, tight, ill ventilated factories or workshops. However, Chita Divakaruni explains how if the child labor law was to be passed then the children will have no other way to survive and result into being a robber or even worse and lose all their pride that they carry. Divakaruni explains how the passing of the child labor law in the United States, which will prohibit the import of goods from factories that has under aged children working in, would affect the children’s life as a whole and these children will have to result in a worse way of living to survive. On the other hand, Americans see an under aged child working long hard hours in a factory as a huge problem that needs to be stopped. These

Child Labor around the world has impacted the way we live even in the new century were technologies has evolved along with civilization. Many developing countries support Child Labor the decrease poverty line and keep their economy stable. Child Labor is also encouraged by many poor citizens believing that it is a way they could support themselves and their families. Worldwide about 217 million children work full time, countries like India there is about 33 million child laborer between the ages 5-18 (Perspective | Child Labor: The Inconvenient Truth behind India's Growth Story). Through the history of Child Labor in the United States, developing countries can take examples and solutions to reduce the percentage of child laborer working in their countries. As Child Labor rate decreases, many students get to obtain the necessary education and pressure a career of their choice. Malala Yousafzai, a female education activist and

Children in India are being forced to work many hours a day for very little pay. More than 20 % of India’s economy are child workers under the age of 14. This is a problem they operate on deadly machines and they can be harmed. They also are exposed to bad working environments and can be injured or killed. If the refuse to work they are threatened or beaten. This a problem and this needs to stop because children have the right to a child hood. (Dougall,

All over the world the utilization of child labor robs young children from their desires and aspirations. Meet 12 year old Pakistani Aziz. Instead of living a normal childhood by attending school and playing with others, he is employed at a brick kiln. Each day Aziz works from the first light of day until midnight, while his boss harshly beats him with a cane. Aziz put in these long hours in order to help his impoverished family survive and pay off his dead father’s debts. For example, employers all across the world are hiring children between the ages of 5 and 16 and working them in the same situation as Aziz to work long hours in hazardous conditions. By doing this, employers are depriving children of a healthy childhood stocked with oodles

Even with such remarkable change, given India’s population is more than 1.3 billion people, there are still at least 270 million people living on less than US$1.90 per day. These cases of poverty and low-income are part of the reason India is one of the countries with the highest slave prevalence. “Adults cannot afford to work for such low pay. Without children working like this it would not be possible for our industry to survive” (Grammaticas). This was said by a slave owner. Families become so desperate for money to keep themselves and other members alive that they take the first job they come across or even sell their own children to slave holders. There are more than 270 million people living below the poverty line in India.Homelessness, including of children, remains a major concern. For example, a census of children living on the street in Mumbai in 2013 found a total of more than 37,000 children (Bales). These kids and even adults go through long hours, painful work, and harsh treatment for little to no

These children need social and professional skills that only school and a nurturing environment can provide. Education gives people hope, confidence and dignity. It equips them with knowledge and skills to escape poverty. Education must be free and compulsory up until the minimum legal age for employment. For India, the country believed to have the highest absolute number of child laborers, it has been assumed that 70 percent of these children would go to school if given the opportunity of free education of a minimum quality (Burra, Born To Work, 1995). Several studies conducted by international organizations such as The International Labour Standards, The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and World Bank have confirmed that education can reduce child labor (Kruger, 2007, Observations On International Labor Standards And Trade). According to Bhat (2010 ) Gender, Education and Child Labour: A Sociological Perspective, education can be significant for development, for example education can make children develop and learn resulting in intelligent societies in the future, besides education can provide skilled workers. Education can also improve the life of children and their families. Children who lack education or drop out of their school, usually lack knowledge and are more vulnerable to exploitation. As a result they become

Although there are efforts to put an end to child labour in the world of today, they does not seem to be enough. This is because even though there is a decrease in the number of children that experience child labour, the change is not significant. The level of child labour continues to increase. Presumably, in the societies where child labour is the way of life, only few individuals master the courage to speak against it. Unfortunately, their voices are unheard. For instance, in India there are efforts to lessen the number of child labourers, but culture always gets in the way. This results in children working under very poor conditions that pose a danger to their health on short-term and long-term scale. However, in Canada the law states that:

On December 11, 1992, India endorsed the Convention on the Rights of the Child but did not agree to one clause that declared children, fourteen years of age and younger, to be protected by the law to not engage in hazardous working conditions. The convention was open for ratification in 1898 and mapped out basic necessary rights for children under the age of eighteen. These are a few of the rights India ratified: the right to education, the right to information, the right to nutrition, the right to health and care, the right to protection from abuse, the right to protection from exploitation, the right to development, and the right to survival. India has also created a law in 2006 that banned the use of child labor for domestic purposes and in the hospitality industry (Clifford, 2011).

After placing their entire existence in peril, by giving up educational rights, risking their health, and losing their childhood these child earn as little as 0.35cents a day. Mikhail Bakunin once said that "Children do not constitute anyones property: they are neither the property of their parents, nor of the society. They belong only to their own future freedom." Unfortunately for the children of India they will forever be slaves to these rock mines or sewing industries. This is all they know. They have been deprived for so long of education, health and their own childhood that they forgot about their own future freedom like Mikhail Bakunin says. Child labor in India should be called child murder, murder of the child’s childhood, murder of the child’s health and most importantly murder of the child’s

Estimates from various non-governmental sources as to the actual number of working children ranged from 44 million to 100 million. The aforesaid profile shows child labour as an all-India evil

Child Labour is a pan-India social evil which has shocked the conscience of the people across the globe. India of our vision would not be a reality if her children are not properly nurtured and educated. Their exploitation and abuse by profit makers for their personal gain need to be checked. Because of utter poverty, lack of educational opportunities and precarious socio-economic circumstances, parents are forced to send their kids for wage work. Parents miserably fail to arrange educational avenues, health care and even bare necessities of life. When children should have been at school, they are forced to search for work instead. This exploratory survey research deals with the working children and their use in the unorganized sector of

Development can be defined as a wide participatory process of social change in a society intended to bring about both social and material advancement including greater equality, freedom and other valued qualities for the majority of the people through gaining greater control over their environment (Everett Rogers, 1976, Moemeka, Pg.8). I believe that development needs to start at the grassroots, and it needs to begin with children. This is not to say that this is the only kind of development that needs to take place, but this is the best kind of development for the future, as it is a fresh learning process vs. an ‘undoing old methods and re-learning’ process. Issues concerning children therefore need to be addressed immediately. Child labour is one of the primary concerns in developing countries. Child labour has been defined by the ILO as all economic activities carried out by persons less than 15 years of age (regardless of occupational status, wage-earners, own-account workers, unpaid family workers etc.) Child labour is illegal in most countries, especially bonded labour as well as those situations which involve children working in dangerous and hazardous environments. Children are often engaged in work that is detrimental to their emotional, psychological as well as physical well being, as in the case of prostitution. According to a 1997 estimate there are about 250 million