jnur.7.4.13898 Eradication of Child Labor: Aspiration For Bright Future Parveen Chagani Sobia Idrees Journal on Nursing 2231–4504 7 4 10 15 10.26634/jnur.7.4.13898 Child Labor, Child Abuse/Exploitation, Poverty, Child Trafficking, Child Protection Child labor is a global concern; however, in a developing country like Pakistan, the scenario of child labor is worse that is detrimental to their physical, mental, and social health aspects. Child labor is considered as main contributing factor towards child abuse. It deprives children's basic right of education and care they should receive from their parents which poses a negative implication on their overall personality. This paper presents magnitude on child labor worldwide and with reference of Pakistan. It also includes detail analysis of determinants of child labor, i.e., psycho-socio-cultural, Human/biological, and organizational. Psycho-socio-cultural determinants include illiteracy and poverty followed by human/biological determinants including household size. Moreover, organizational determinants include weak legislation on child protection and weak implementation of the laws. These factors are responsible for children to be socially and sexually exploited. Intense efforts are required to initiate strategies which help in minimizing child labor in the country as these children are future and hope for every nation. November 2017 - January 2018 Copyright © 2018 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=13898