Child Labour and Trafficking

Assignment on
Social Work Practice

With Children
Topic: Child Labour and Child Traffic
Submitted to: Submitted by:

Mrs. Thasneema M. Jinson Raju
Kabir 3rd year
Introduction
 Child Labour or child labor refers to the exploitation of children through
any form of work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes
with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically,
socially or morally harmful.
 According to data from Census 2011, the

number of child labourers in India is 10.1
million of which 5.6 million are boys
and 4.5 million are girls.
The Law defines CHILD LABOUR as.
 Under the act, ‘Child’ means a person who has not
completed his 14 years of age.
 Any such person engaged for wages, whether in cash or
kind, is a CHILD LABOUR.
 According to UNICEF, all the children not being provided
education at a school are considered as child labourers.
Areas where Child Labour is
rampant
Bidimaking
Carpet industry
Garages Causes of Child Labour
Domestic works • Poverty
Farming • Over population
Construction and cement • Lack of schools and high
industries cost of education
Tea stalls • Labour is cheap
Fireworks industry • Absence of social
Diamond making welfare schemes
Shoe polishing, etc. • Caste system
CONSEQUENCES
• Waste of human resources, talent & skills
• Illiteracy
• Increased child abuse(physical, mental &
economical)
• Children suffer injuries and illness from work.
AWARENESS
• Widespread positive awareness to go to school and
not to work.
• Awareness through print and electronic media .
• Campaigns on CHILD RIGHTS.
• Observation of a specific day as CHILD LABOUR DAY
on June 12th by ILO.
ORGANISATIONS AGAINST
CHILD LABOUR
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• UNESCO
• UNICEF
• CHILDLINE – 1098
• BACHPAN BACHAO
• CARE INDIA
• PRATHAM
• RIDE INDIA
WHAT WE CAN DO TO
STOP CHILD LABOUR?
• Donate funds in the NGOs working
against CHILD LABOUR.
• Spread awareness and benefits of
education.
• Provide shelter ,other basic needs
and education to orphans.
• Contact and inform NGOs about
CHILD LABOUR happening near us.
• Start or join campaigns against CHILD
LABOUR.
Child Trafficking
Any person under 18 who is
recruited, transported, Forms of Trafficking
transferred, harboured or • Sex trafficking.
received for the purpose of • Domestic servitude.
exploitation, either within or • Factory and farm slavery.
outside a country. • Children in army.
• Children in bondage army.
Any act or transaction where • Beggars.
a child is transferred by any • Prostitution.
person or a group of people
for money or any kind of
other form of payment.
IMPACT OF TRAFFICKING ON VICTIMS
• Loss of support from the family and community.
• Loss of proper education.
• Obstacle in physical development.
• Psychological traumas.
• Isolation from the society.
• Exploitation of child rights.
WHAT HAPPENS, IF WE IGNORED?
• More exploitation of children’s.
• Children’s will suffer in silence.
• It will continue to be ignored.
• Traffickers exploits more children’s without any
fear of prosecution.
• Countries will continue to let this tragedy happen.
RECRUITMENT AND EXTRACTION
• Fraud.
• Trickery.
• False promises.
• Familiarity.
• Violence.
Slaveholders keeps things in control by constant

threat of violence.
Almost all trafficked children's are victims of

extreme act of violence.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS
TRAFFICKING IN INDIA
Article 24 of the Constitution Prohibits employment of children
below 14 years of age in factories, mines or other hazardous
employment.
Section 366A – procuration of a minor girl (below 18 years of age)
from one part of the country to the another is punishable.
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 Prohibits
employment of children in certain specified occupations and also
lays down conditions of work of children.
Karnataka Devadasi Act, 1982.
Goa Children’s Act, 2003.
Conclusion
Trafficking and Labour of human beings, especially
children, is a form of modern day slavery and requires
a holistic, multi-sectoral approach to address the
complex dimension of the problem. In the fight
against trafficking government organizations, non-
governmental organizations, civil society, pressure
groups, international bodies, all have to play an
important role. Law can not be the only instrument to
take care of all problems.
Reference
 https://www2.slideshare.net/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour_in_India
 https://www.cry.org/issues-views/child-trafficking
 https://www.ilo.org/ipec/facts/lang--en/index.htm
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_trafficking_in_India
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