Socio-Economic Determinants of Working Children: Evidence from Capital Territory of Islamabad, Pakistan

• Main Authors: Mujahid Hussain, Adam Saud, Masood ur Rehman Khattak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fatima Jinnah Women University 2017-06-01
• Series: Pakistan Administrative Review
• Subjects: Child-Labor; Socio-economic determinants; poverty
• Online Access: http://www.par.fjwu.edu.pk/archive.php?cat_id=3&download_id=12

Child labor work is a tireless social wonder in the creating scene particularly in Pakistan. In recent decades, the touchy issue of tyke work has been the consideration of policymakers, statesmen, and analysts. Any correct data on tyke work is normally rare as vast majority of the children, work in disorderly casual division, which is neither controlled by work laws nor is checked by any association. In this review, an endeavor has been made to examine the significant supply side financial determinants of working kids in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Pakistan. Essential information has been gathered from child workers, working in various business markets of ICT. Results demonstrate that the absence of education and obliviousness of guardians, substantial family sizes, low salary of guardians and poor work status, low grown-up business proportion were the causative variables of tyke work. These working children are typically unskilled and secure employment at an early age and are susceptible, when working time-frames are extended in disreputable conditions, have no beneficial protection, abandon adequate and legitimate sustenance and attire, and get little rest and diversion. Enactment against child work is not a perfect arrangement in a nation such as Pakistan. This misuse of child work cannot be ceased by tyke work laws as it were. In such manner, different measures, for example, destitution lessening programs, more offices for instruction and professional preparing are fundamental. In the light of the results, positive steps and policies have been developed.