Combating Child Labour: A Nexus of Working Children in District Gujrat
Keywords:
Child, Labour, Involved, Natural, Disaster, and Personal Choice.Abstract
Combating Child Labour: A Nexus of Working Children in District Gujrat
Zaheer Abbas
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan
Zainab Shamsher
BS Student, Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
Ali Haider
BS Student, Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Moiz Abdullah
BS Student, Department of Sociology, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
AbstractThe paper explains the issue of child labour and what they say about being involved in labour activity. Child labour has received significant attention all over the world. The child of any country is very important for the development of the whole nation. Child labour in (auto workshops, small businesses, tea stalls and some other toy stalls) is very common in developing countries. Child labour plays a crucial role in the development of children either social, emotional, physical or also adverse effects on the malnutrition of the children. In developing and underdeveloped countries, this is a major issue, and the border level also effect it. Pakistan is also one of the countries where child labour is very common. This research was an effort to know how to combat child labour and listen to what they say in district Gujrat. Data was collected from 8 children from Gujrat. The study design of the research work report has been consistent with the qualitative study design, and exploratory research has been conducted. An interview guide has been use as a data collection. The final finding is a lack of resources and parental involvement. For solutions in the theoretical ways, there is a need to make policies and strict laws on the age under 16 not involved in labour and practical ways everyone should follow this law and someone not following the punishment in heavy amount indifferent extra co-curriculum activities for the positive development of their personality to control the radicalization culture in Pakistan.
References
Admassie, A. (2002). Explaining the high incidence of child labour in Sub–Saharan Africa. African development review, 14(2), 251-275.
Al-Taee, H. F. (2011). Child labor in Iraq. Arizona State University.
Buchmann, C. (2000). Family structure, parental perceptions, and child labor in Kenya: What factors determine who is enrolled in school?. Social forces, 78(4), 1349-1378.
Bezerra, M. E., Kassouf, A. L., & Arends-Kuenning, M. (2009). The impact of child labor and school quality on academic achievement in Brazil.
Chartrand, V. (2019). Unsettled times: Indigenous incarceration and the links between colonialism and the penitentiary in Canada. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 61(3), 67-89.
Dayioğlu, M. (2006). The impact of household income on child labour in urban Turkey. The Journal of Development Studies, 42(6), 939-956.
Dumas, C. (2007). Why do parents make their children work? A test of the poverty hypothesis in rural areas of Burkina Faso. Oxford economic papers, 59(2), 301-329.
de Lange, A. (2014). Trafficking for labor exploitation in West and Central Africa. In The World of Child Labor (pp. 194-198). Routledge.
Grigoli, F., & Sbrana, G. (2013). Determinants and dynamics of schooling and child labour in Bolivia. Bulletin of Economic Research, 65, s17-s37.
Gofaone, K., & Rakgoasi, S. D. (2015). Notes on Levels and Patterns of Child Labour and Child Work in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records, 46.
Guppy, N., Sakumoto, L., & Wilkes, R. (2019). Social change and the gendered division of household labor in Canada. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 56(2), 178-203.
Hosni, M. (2007). The phenomenon of child labor in Iraq causal factors-the consequences. Iraqi Journal For Economic Sciences, (15).
Haddad, G. K., & Habibi, N. (2017). Vertical skill mismatch and wage consequences in low‐skilled jobs:
Khan, H., Hameed, A., & Afridi, A. K. (2007). Study on child labour in automobile workshops of Peshawar. Pakistan. Eastern Mediterranean health journal= La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale= al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit, 13(6), 1497-502.
Khan, F. R., Munir, K. A., & Willmott, H. (2007). A dark side of institutional entrepreneurship: Soccer balls, child labour and postcolonial impoverishment. Organization studies, 28(7), 1055-1077.
Kana, M., Phoumin, H., & Seiichi, F. (2010). Does child labour have a negative impact on child education and health? A case study in rural Cambodia. Oxford Development Studies, 38(3), 357-382.
Kiral, G., & Tiras, M. F. (2013). Understanding of child labor in Turkey: An empirical analysis. Atatürk Üniversitesi, 109-120.
Kennedy, A. G. (2019). Understanding child labor in Myanmar. Journal of Global Ethics, 15(3), 202-212.
Kleven, H., Landais, C., & Søgaard, J. E. (2019). Children and gender inequality: Evidence from Denmark. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11(4), 181-209.
Lutf, L., & Yasini, S. I. H. (2018). Factors Contributing to Child Labor in Afghanistan: A Case Study in Jalalabad City. Economic Alternatives, 3, 348-372.
Lal, B. S. (2019). Child labour in India: Causes and consequences. International Journal of Science and Research, 8(5), 2199-2206.
Manning, C. (2000). Labour market adjustment to Indonesia's economic crisis: context, trends and implications. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 36(1), 105-136.
Muniz, J. O. (2001, August). An empirical approach for child labour in Brazil. In IUSSP XXIV General Population Conference–Salvador, Brazil.
Makki Alamdari, S. (2010). Child labor in Iran: Problems and solutions.
Nafees, A. A., Khan, K. S., Fatmi, Z., & Aslam, M. (2012). Situation analysis of child labour in Karachi, Pakistan: a qualitative study.
Priyambada, A., Suryahadi, A., & Sumarto, S. (2005). What happened to child labor in Indonesia during the economic crisis: The trade-off between school and work. Jakarta: SMERU Research Institute.
Ray, M. R., Mukherjee, G., Roychowdhury, S., & Lahiri, T. (2004). Respiratory and general health impairments of ragpickers in India: a study in Delhi. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 77, 595-598.
Rashid, M. A. H., Farid, S., & Manzoor, M. M. (2015). Parents and Child Labour: A Testimony from Automobile Workshops in Islamabad. Advances in Applied Sociology, 5(08), 234.
Ram, M., Tian, B., Nizamani, B., Das, A., Bhutto, N., & Junejo, N. A. (2019). Causes and consequences of child labor in Sindh: a study from Hyderabad Pakistan. New York Science Journal, 12(8), 58-64.
Rausky, M. E., & Frasco Zuker, L. (2022). Disputed meanings about child labour, its consequences, and interventions: discussions based on ethnographic research in Argentina. Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 1-18.
Smith, E., & Wilson, L. (2002). The new child labour? The part-time student workforce in Australia. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 28(2), 120-137.
Siddiqi, A. F. (2013). Important determinants of child labor: A case study for Lahore. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 72(1), 199-221.
Singh, L., Tomar, A. K., & Jain, S. (2013). Child labour in India. Kunal Books.
Sommerfelt, T., & Pedersen, J. (2014). Child labor in Haiti. In The World of Child Labor (pp. 427-430). Routledge.
Shafer, K., Scheibling, C., & Milkie, M. A. (2020). The division of domestic labor before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Canada: Stagnation versus shifts in fathers’ contributions. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 57(4), 523-549.
Womack, R. (2014). Data visualization and information literacy. IAssist Quarterly, 38(1), 12-17.
Woldehanna, T., & Jones, N. (2014). Child Labor in Ethiopia: Overview and Policy Challenges. The World of Child Labor, 259-264.
Yosufi, A., & Kaur, K. (2021). The burden of COVID-19 pandemic on child labour in Afghanistan. Razi International Medical Journal, 1(2).
Zaman, S., Matin, S., & Kibria, A. M. B. G. (2014). A study on present scenario of child labour in
Jafri, S. Y., & Raishad, S. Y. (1997). Some dimensions of child labour in Pakistan. The Pakistan Development Review, 69-86.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Zaheer Abbas, Zainab Shamsher, Ali Haider, Muhammad Moiz Abdullah
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
LEGALOPEDIA EDUCATINIA (PVT) LTD