Child Labour:
Child labour is work that exceeds a minimum number of hours,
depending on the age of a child and on the type of work. Such work is
considered harmful to the child and should therefore be eliminated.
- Ages 5-11: At least one hour of economic work or 28 hours of domestic work per week.
- Ages 12-14: At least 14 hours of economic work or 28 hours of domestic work per week.
- Ages 15-17: At least 43 hours of economic or domestic work per week.
Child Labour Implemented Brief :
Md. Sofiqul Islam Khan
The Blogger
The Blogger
Child Labour in Bangladesh
KEY STATISTICS:
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Working
children, aged 5-17
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7.4 million
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Working
children, aged 5-14
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4.7 million
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Child
labourers (according to definition, below), aged 5-17
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3.2 million
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Children
engaged in hazardous labour, aged 5-17
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1.3 million
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Child
domestic workers1
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421,000
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Percentage
of children (aged 5-14) engaged in child labour (2006)2
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National
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Slum
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Tribal
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12.8
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19.1
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17.6
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- 1 International Labour Organisation (ILO), Baseline Survey on Child Domestic Labour in Bangladesh, 2006
- 2 BBS/ UNICEF, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006, October 2007
- All other statistics from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Report on National Child Labour Survey, 2002-2003