Factors in the Location of Child Labour - Institute for Human 在童工的位置所人的因素.pptVIP

Factors in the Location of Child Labour Preet Rustagi IHD, New Delhi and Dev Nathan IHD, New Delhi and Duke University, USA Current Locations of child labour Manufacturing Home-based work Household workshops of informal sector This is so in production for both international and domestic markets Agriculture Home-based work Agricultural fields Grazing livestock Services - Locations In auto repair workshops At hotels and restaurants Retail shops Domestic help Garments’ outsourcing process – embellishment/ thread cutting in NCR Garment factory Wholesale contractor Sub-contractor – Location dealers Each location, there is a line, some times layers of contractors who work with location dealers They are in general friends/relatives/ other known persons of the home based workers Home based workers Households – male, female and children Households units– male, and children, including some trafficked Why not in main factories? The law prohibits it But implementation of law is due to: In the case of production for export – the rise of private buyer codes that require no children below 18 In the case of production for the domestic market - sustained media exposure and campaigning by child rights’ advocates These factors have led to a change in the location of child labour in manufacturing – away from main factories to home-based work and household workshops Notice at garment factory, Delhi School going girl working with her father at home during off school time Main street in Seemapuri area where households and household units engage in embellishment work Workplace cum hostel: Household unit where migrant boys are employed Boy working in a household workshop Why are informal workshops set up in household areas? In order to double as living space after working hours In order to be away from public gaze The law allows children to work with parents / relatives This is used to have informal units that are not subject to compliance mechanisms This