SSC-CGL (TIER-III) - Child Labour
Category : SSC
CHILD LABOUR
Key Point:
What it is?
Why?
Remedies
THE ESSAY BEGINS…
A child is like a butterfly, a beautiful butterfly that is waiting to come out of its moth, and we break the wings of that butterfly when we make their gentle fingers toil for daily bread. Child labor is defined by the ILO as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development, where the term 'child5 covers the age-group 5 to 14.
Societies sometimes cite lack of workers as a reason for employing children. Children are chosen over adults because they are the cheapest form of labor, are submissive, obedient. Honest and easily available. Poverty and illiteracy also forces parents to send their children for work. Trafficking of kids is another reason.
This evil can only be eradicating through education and awareness. Social sanctions work best since a society can't have child labor if people don't allow. Legal sanctions also exist like the Child labor (Prohibition and regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 and fundamental right under Article 24 of the Indian Constitution. International, organizations like UNICEF also deal with the same issue,
Children of today are creators of tomorrow. We will never progress as a civilization if we allow their exploitation to go on. Every single individual has to keep his eyes wide open to make sure that this doesn't continue to the next generation.
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