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A Briefing on Child Labor Overview of findings on Child Labour in South Asia Sherin Khan Senior Specialist on Child Labor ILO DWT for South Asia A version of this presentation was made at: World Vision India Technical Approach for

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A Briefing on Child Labor

Overview of findings on Child Labour in South Asia

Sherin Khan

Senior Specialist on Child Labor ILO DWT for South Asia

A version of this presentation was made at:

World Vision India Technical Approach for strengthening child participation and protection systems

24-26 November 2014, Chennai

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Child Labor in South Asia

Conservative estimates of child labor in South Asia for the 5- 17 years age range totals almos17 million Of this, the 5-14 years age range totals

  • ver 10 million

The young, 5-11 year-old children, make up about

  • ne-fifth of all child laborers in South Asia
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Country % 5-14 yr old in child labor Aged 5-14 years in child labor % of 5-17 yr old in child labor Total in child labor, aged 5-17 years

Afghanistan

No data No data No data No data

Bangladesh

8.0 2,946,641 11.8 5,063,017

Bhutan(b)

17.8 28,838 14.5 29,726

India(c)

1.4 3,253,201 1.9 5,768,367

Maldives(d)

3.4 2,122

No data No data

Nepal

28.6 1,782,992 26.2 2,034,880

Pakistan(e)

11.0 2,067,742 11.8 3,375,481

Sri Lanka

7.9 260,977 10.2 444,540

Child Labor in South Asia

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Child Labor in India

Table 1. Lower-bound estimate of child labour involvement, India (a) children 5-11 years in economic activity (b) Children 12-14 excluding those in light work

(1)

(c) Children 15-17 years in hazardous work

(1)

(a)&(b)&(c) Total in child labour, 5-17 years

(1)

% of total age group No. % of total age group No. % of total age group No. % of total age group No. Male 0.4 360,262 3.7 1,534,996 6.1 2,197,919 2.5 4,093,177 Female 0.3 240,801 3.2 1,117,142 1.1 317,247 1.2 1,675,190 Urban 0.6 242,936 2.5 478,458 4.4 798,444 2 1,519,838 Rural 0.3 358,127 3.9 2,173,680 3.6 1,716,722 1.9 4,248,529 Total 0.4 601,063 3.5 2,652,138 3.8 2,515,165 1.9 5,768,367 Note: (1) The survey do not collect information on working hours. For this reason, the group of children aged 12-14 and 15-17 are classified as child labourers only on the basis of their involvement in designated hazardous industries and hazardous occupations. Source: UCW calculations based on India National Sample Survey (NSS), Round 68, 2011- 2012

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Human man Right t Soci cial al Justice stice Pro rote tect ctio ion Labor r Mark rket E Economy my D Develo lopment ment Rights ts Peace ce Secu curit rity y Decent cent Work 5

Children 1,586,288,000

Children’s involvement in employment* in South Asia

Remains common in many South Asia countries

(7 -14 yr old)

*Not all children in employment are in child labor, and not all child labor is captured in this data

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Human man Right t Soci cial al Justice stice Pro rote tect ctio ion Labor r Mark rket E Economy my D Develo lopment ment Rights ts Peace ce Secu curit rity y Decent cent Work 6

Children 1,586,288,000

Status & Sector of children in employment in India

Agriculture, 56.5 Manuf, 27.6 Constructio n, 4.7 Commerce, 5.2 Services, 5.2 Other sector(a), 0.8

Table 1. Sector and status of children in employment, 7-14 yrs

(a) Sector of employment (b) Status in employment

  • Paid

worker, 8.9 Casual wage workers, 32.08 Self- employed, 5.2 Unpaid family worker, 53.9

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Human man Right t Soci cial al Justice stice Pro rote tect ctio ion Labor r Mark rket E Economy my D Develo lopment ment Rights ts Peace ce Secu curit rity y Decent cent Work

Rural Areas – South Asia

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Children 1,586,288,000

  • Generally more likely to be employed
  • less likely to be in school
  • concentrated in the agriculture sector, and
  • concentrated in family work

(7-14 yr old)

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Human man Right t Soci cial al Justice stice Pro rote tect ctio ion Labor r Mark rket E Economy my D Develo lopment ment Rights ts Peace ce Secu curit rity y Decent cent Work

Agriculture – South Asia

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Children 1,586,288,000

Absorbs the highest share of children in employment in every South Asian country

(7-14 yr old)

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Human man Right t Soci cial al Justice stice Pro rote tect ctio ion Labor r Mark rket E Economy my D Develo lopment ment Rights ts Peace ce Secu curit rity y Decent cent Work

Hazardous Work – South Asia

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Children 1,586,288,000

A substantial share of employment among 15-17 year olds is hazardous in nature

15 – 17 yr old

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The ‘inactive’ children in India

India has more children who are reported neither working nor in school than children in employment

  • Almost 18 million 7 to17 yrs (7%) are inactive
  • Almost 65 of these inactive children are girls, and
  • 79.1 per cent live in rural areas
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Human man Right t Soci cial al Justice stice Pro rote tect ctio ion Labor r Mark rket E Economy my D Develo lopment ment Rights ts Peace ce Secu curit rity y Decent cent Work 11

Children 1,586,288,000

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Acknowledgements:

Source: UCW calculations based on national household surveys, and charts

  • India Employment-Unemployment Survey –R68 201-12; Labor Force Surveys – Bangladesh (2005-06), Nepal

(2008), Pakistan (2010-11), Bhutan – MICS (2010), Maldives -Demographic & Health Survey (2009)

  • Photos: Sherin R. Khan

Thank you!