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The Impact of Child Labour Laws in Pakistan
Qarar Shah ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This document discusses child labour in Pakistan and examines amendments to child labour legislation. It explains how international organizations like UNICEF and ILO distinguish between child work (permissible activities that do not harm children) and exploitative child labour (work that damages children's health, psychology, or schooling). The research addresses how new amendments to Pakistan's child labour laws aim to protect children's well-being.
Key points
- Child labour is defined as work that deprives children of childhood, prevents school attendance, and causes mental, physical, social or moral harm
- International organizations differentiate between child work and child labour based on impact on health and schooling
- The study examines amendments to Pakistan's child labour Act and their impact on minors
- Child work that does not affect health or schooling is not classified as child labour by UNICEF and ILO
- Legislation addressing child labour exists worldwide but varies in scope
Limitations
The document provided is only an introduction or abstract that describes definitions and background rather than presenting empirical findings, results, or conclusions from the research. It does not contain data, analysis, or evidence about the actual impact of the law amendments on children in Pakistan.
Abstract
Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend school regularly, and is dangerous mentally, physically, socially or morally is harmful.This process is considered exploitative by many international organizations.Legislation around the world prohibits child labour.These laws do not consider all child labour to be child labour.The research in hand deals with the new amendment in child labour Act and its impact on the minors in Pakistan.How the international organizations work for the betterment of children all over the world, including the work of UNICEF, ILO.UNICEF and ILO have differentiated between child work and child labour.According to them if a child helps in the house chores or family business but it doesn't affect his health or schooling it doesn't fall in the category of child labour but if it does affect a child's physical health, psychological health and schooling, it falls in the category of child labour.