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Eradication of Child Labor: Aspiration For Bright Future

Parveen Chagani*, Sobia Idrees**

* Instructor, Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Pakistan.

** Nursing Instructor, College of Nursing, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Pakistan.

Periodicity:November - January'2018
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.7.4.13898

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Child Labor, Child Abuse/Exploitation, Poverty, Child Trafficking, Child Protection

How to Cite this Article?

Chagani,P. and Idress, S. (2018). Eradication of Child Labor: Aspiration For Bright Future. i-manager’s Journal on Nursing, 7(4), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.7.4.13898

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