Economic Reporter :
Speakers at a meeting called for taking up necessary steps for eliminating child labour on an emergency basis, else, it may hamper our drive to achieve economic progress.
Though Bangladesh has ratified the ILO Convention 182 (convention concerning the prohibition and immediate action for elimination of worst forms of child labour), a large number of children are still found to be engaged in hazardous working conditions in the country, they said.
If we fail to achieve the target of totally eliminating child labour from the country by 2025, we may not be able to achieve the SDG goal (8.7) related to child labour, they added.
Terming extreme form of poverty as crucial factor regarding child labour, they suggested allocation of adequate resources through child budget, child-focused poverty and safety net programmes, addressing adult unemployment, investment in child education and vocational skill training for solving the problem.
They made the remarks while addressing a national level consultation titled ‘Elimination of Child Labour’ at CIRDAP conference room in the capital recently.
Laying emphasis on child-related issues because of their enormous number among our population, they said, child workers should be identified and their families should get state support so that their children instead of works go to school.
Stressing on child specific budget, they said that it would help establish the rights of the children as well as achieve SDG goal (8.7).
INCIDIN Bangladesh organized the programme with support from TdH Netherlands.
Presided over by AKM Masud Ali, executive director of INCIDIN Bangladesh, Dr. Mohammad Rezaul Haque, additional secretary and in-charge of Labour and Employment Ministry, Ruhul Amin, deputy secretary of the same ministry, Advocate Salma Ali, Co-chair, Child Labour Monitoring Committee, among others, spoke at the event.
Representatives from local and international NGOs attended the meeting.
The meeting called for making accurate data on child workers across the country, and enlisting sectors such as domestic work, dry fish, commercial sexual exploitation of children, and pornography and online exploitation of children as hazardous for the child workers.
Speakers at a meeting called for taking up necessary steps for eliminating child labour on an emergency basis, else, it may hamper our drive to achieve economic progress.
Though Bangladesh has ratified the ILO Convention 182 (convention concerning the prohibition and immediate action for elimination of worst forms of child labour), a large number of children are still found to be engaged in hazardous working conditions in the country, they said.
If we fail to achieve the target of totally eliminating child labour from the country by 2025, we may not be able to achieve the SDG goal (8.7) related to child labour, they added.
Terming extreme form of poverty as crucial factor regarding child labour, they suggested allocation of adequate resources through child budget, child-focused poverty and safety net programmes, addressing adult unemployment, investment in child education and vocational skill training for solving the problem.
They made the remarks while addressing a national level consultation titled ‘Elimination of Child Labour’ at CIRDAP conference room in the capital recently.
Laying emphasis on child-related issues because of their enormous number among our population, they said, child workers should be identified and their families should get state support so that their children instead of works go to school.
Stressing on child specific budget, they said that it would help establish the rights of the children as well as achieve SDG goal (8.7).
INCIDIN Bangladesh organized the programme with support from TdH Netherlands.
Presided over by AKM Masud Ali, executive director of INCIDIN Bangladesh, Dr. Mohammad Rezaul Haque, additional secretary and in-charge of Labour and Employment Ministry, Ruhul Amin, deputy secretary of the same ministry, Advocate Salma Ali, Co-chair, Child Labour Monitoring Committee, among others, spoke at the event.
Representatives from local and international NGOs attended the meeting.
The meeting called for making accurate data on child workers across the country, and enlisting sectors such as domestic work, dry fish, commercial sexual exploitation of children, and pornography and online exploitation of children as hazardous for the child workers.
