Let's End Child Labour
Abstract portrait of a child working in a brick kiln factory (see below for a full view), less than 40km from the state capital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. There are around 0.85 million children involved in child labour in the state of West Bengal alone.
CHILDREN IN INDIA 2012 - A Statistical Appraisal
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
The 2001 Census found an increase in the number of child labourers in India from 11.28 million in 1991 to 12.66 million in 2001.
As per census 2001, Uttar Pradesh (15.22%) recorded the highest share of child labour in the country, followed by Andra Pradesh (10.76%), Rajasthan (9.97%), Bihar (8.82%), Madhya Pradesh (8.41%), and West Bengal (6.77%).
The major occupations engaging child labour in India are Pan, Bidi & Cigarettes (21%), Construction (17%), Domestic workers (15%) and Spinning & weaving (11%).
World Day Against Child Labour 12 June 2013
ILO’s most recent (2008) global estimate is that 305 million children (aged 5-17 years) worldwide are involved in child labour, with more than half this number involved in its worst forms. The children concerned should be at school being educated, and acquiring skills that prepare them for decent work as adults. By entering the labour market prematurely, they are deprived of this critical education and training that can help to lift them, their families and communities out of a cycle of poverty.
Images of Bengal, India
Let's End Child Labour
Abstract portrait of a child working in a brick kiln factory (see below for a full view), less than 40km from the state capital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. There are around 0.85 million children involved in child labour in the state of West Bengal alone.
CHILDREN IN INDIA 2012 - A Statistical Appraisal
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
The 2001 Census found an increase in the number of child labourers in India from 11.28 million in 1991 to 12.66 million in 2001.
As per census 2001, Uttar Pradesh (15.22%) recorded the highest share of child labour in the country, followed by Andra Pradesh (10.76%), Rajasthan (9.97%), Bihar (8.82%), Madhya Pradesh (8.41%), and West Bengal (6.77%).
The major occupations engaging child labour in India are Pan, Bidi & Cigarettes (21%), Construction (17%), Domestic workers (15%) and Spinning & weaving (11%).
World Day Against Child Labour 12 June 2013
ILO’s most recent (2008) global estimate is that 305 million children (aged 5-17 years) worldwide are involved in child labour, with more than half this number involved in its worst forms. The children concerned should be at school being educated, and acquiring skills that prepare them for decent work as adults. By entering the labour market prematurely, they are deprived of this critical education and training that can help to lift them, their families and communities out of a cycle of poverty.
Images of Bengal, India