Child Labour: Increasing Challenges

Contents: Preface. 1. Child Labour-General introduction. 2. Challenges of Child Labour in India. 3. Child Labour: Prevention, Removal and Rehabilitation. 4. The Challenge of Child Labour in International Law. 5. Child Labour in Developing Countries. 6. International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour. 7. Children’s Rights Movement. 8. Child Labour : Causes, Governmental Polices and Role of Education. 9. Real Status of Child Labour. 10. Child Labour in the World Economy. 11. Hazardous Child Labour: Lead and Neurocognitive Development. 12. Judicial Approach to the Problem of Child Labour. 13. International Challenges and Problems of Child Trafficking. Bibliography. Index.

The problem of child labour is a global phenomenon and it exists in almost all the countries of the world, the difference, if any is only of degree or form. It is very saddening to not that India is one of the nations in the world which has the unique distinction of being a large employer of child labour. This book will be useful not only for those who are interested in the study and understanding of child labour but also the perspectives provided may be of considerable help to the students of social science, judges, academicians, politicians and others, interested in studying the growing problem of child labour.(jacket)