ELIMINATING CHILD LABOUR: DO NGO INTERVENTIONS ADD UP TO A STRATEGY? Rekha Wazir* The involvement of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in child labour is fairly recent but it is steadily growing in momentum. However‚ only a few NGOs have succeeded in achieving recognition in this field at the national level. This paper starts by reviewing a number of inter-linked background factors that circumscribe and curtail the activities of NGOs. This is followed by an analysis of the strategies
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THE EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. A CASE STUDY IN MADINA. Problem Statement Lots has been said about child labour and in these reports there are clearly stated concerns about the effects of child labour on children‘s academic performance and its long run impact on human capital development. Situations where children of school going age are engaged in active work‚ does it at the expense of school. The situation existed even before Ghana attained her independence in 1957. Generally
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ETHIC AND SOCIETY CHILD LABOUR Name: Tammy (Nhan) Mai Instructor: Chris Barrett Date: December 7‚ 2010 Introduction According to internationally accepted rules‚ regulations‚ laws‚ morality‚ and ethics‚ child labour is unacceptable‚ and child labour should be not legalized. This paper records the results of research on child labour issues in newly industrialized nations and third-world countries‚ and discusses how companies currently make use of child labour. Child labour is unacceptable because
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I. INTRODUCTION In a developing country like the Philippines‚ the child labor phenomenon remains widespread. Today‚ we find hundreds of thousands of Filipino children being deprived of the oppurtunity to share in the prospects of development. The door of the opportunity is close on them simply because their “childhood is wasted in premature work (ILD 1994) rather than nurtured in school and at play. And doubtedly‚ many stand witnesses to this bleak scenario in the workforce. How the lives of this
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Child Labour in The Philippines Child labour can be defined as a part of a community which is forced or participate to work even if they are paid or not. Which are harmful to their health and dispossess them the chances to education‚ development‚ and a healthy living. Child labour is one the major problems here in Camarines sur. Since we are a third world country‚ even if we are not capable to do work‚ we are obligated to find a job to and sustain our needs. It is linked to poverty and lack
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Child labour is one of the issues of most manufacturing company where two sides are to be considered for the manufacturing company will have to consider saving on the cost of production by getting cheap labour and giving cheap labour cost to the people labour and debate on the Rawls’ theory of justice‚ or to follow the ethical theory of Kantian that is not to use child labour for its against human rights to not respect the children rights. In Rawls’ theory of justice towards child labour is that
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want to open my thoughts in this speech on child labour. Could you imagine living in the west as a child and being chained to a loom to weave a carpet in a poorly lit and dirty building? Being deprived of your education and childhood all for just a few pennies a day? Child labour is a familiar topic‚ yet you might be wondering what it means. Child labour is simply the employment of children as wage earners. Children of any age can be a victim of child labour and it is a huge problem in third world
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CHILD LABOUR “The rising sun of a nation when works in dark furnaces‚ it blinds future of the nation.” The problem of child labour came in consideration in mid-19th century when first factory was established. It is an unfortunate manifestation of economic compulsion as well as socio cultural perceptions. Child labour is a complex problem which is deeply rooted on ground of poverty. India doesn’t have appreciable position in terms of child labour and according to the surveys; India has the largest
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This thesis examines child labour and schooling in Portugal from a historical and contemporary perspective and comprises three essays. Throughout the thesis‚ I attempt to strike a balance between research of the local context and a comparison with an international context. The first essay provides an analysis of the evolution of child labour in Portugal. The essay is based on two different sources of information: qualitative — that is‚ reports by education and labour inspectors‚ conference proceedings
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Name: Li Jiayu Is it acceptable for companies to employ child labour/very low wage labour? Answer Shell International Limited(SI) (2000) mentions that child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour‚ it is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in a lot of countries. Due to the detrimental consequence for the children who are engaged in the excessive and dangerous levels of work‚ one of the most disastrous effects reflects
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