Child Labor

CHILD LABOR IN PAKISTAN

Child Labour is an important and a serious global issue through which all and miscellaneous countries of the world are directly or indirectly affected. It is one of themostcomplicatedissues especially faced by developing countries like Pakistan where the poor class is too big to be controlled easily.

In Pakistan the children of age about 5-14 years are above 40 million. During the Federal Bureau of Statistics released the results of its survey funded by ILO's IPEC (International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour). The findings were that 3.8 million children age group of 5-14 years are working in Pakistan out of total 40 million children in this age group fifty percent of these economically active children are in age group of 5 to 9 years. Even out of these 3.8 million economically active children, 2.7 million were claimed to be working in the agriculture sector. Two million and four hundred thousand (73%) of them were said to be boys.

The main causes behind the child labour in Pakistan are:

  • High population growth in poor families.
  • The disguised unemployment in agriculture sector in Rural Areas.
  • Low productivity and low prevalence of poverty.
  • Unpaid family helpers.
  • Inadequate education facilities.

This is to mention here that one-third of the working flowers are literate which show that mere completion of primary education is not an effective deterrent to child labour. School enrolment depicts that working kids who are not enrolled in school (34.2%) are higher than economically active children combined with school (13.2%). It shows that enrolment is negatively correlated with the involvement of kids in economic activities.

A number of laws containing provisions prohibiting child labour in Pakistan are:

  • The factories Act 1934
  • The West Pakistan shops and Establishment ordinance 1969
  • The employment of Children Act 1991
  • The Bonded Labour system Abolition Act 1992
  • The Punjab Compulsory Education Act 1994

However, the prospects are still dejected.


OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

  • Reduction of Child Labor
  • Increase in the domestic literacy rate
  • Elevation of cultured and groomed society
  • Mass Awareness
  • Social Development

Therefore at the pilot attempt NGO is aimed at the elimination of as many as 20 child labors in the region of Lahore. The positive outcomes will lead to simultaneous development in further regions of Pakistan.

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES

  • ncrease in literacy rate
  • Evolution of groomed children
  • Better living standards
  • Utilitarian Society
  • Elimination of at least one of the social crime
  • Social Development

Funding

If you want to donate funds on our Projects or Programs then details are mentioned below.

For Details of this Project you can Contact us : farhan@innovation-world.org

Contact # 0092-346-4474530

Our Account # Contact For Further Information

Bank: Bank Alfalah Ltd.

Branch: Islamic Banking Mughalpura