Awareness Raising for Prevention & Elimination of child labour

Child labour is a global issue as each and every day almost in every corner of the world children are labouring in conditions that threaten their health, physical, mental, spiritual, and moral well-being and development. However, the situation is ruthless in many developing countries. In developing countries, the involvement of children in labour activities is associated with a range of driving forces. In Bangladesh like many other developing countries, socioeconomic realities such as household-level poverty and economic hardship, cultural practices such as gender inequality, inadequate educational opportunities, and natural calamities often forced children to engage in labour activities.

Although Bangladesh has made significant progress to eliminate child labour from the export-oriented readymade garment, there is still huge existence of child labour engaged in various hazardous work. Because of the socio-economic environment, child labour is widely accepted and very common in Bangladesh. Many families rely on the income generated by their children for survival, so child labour is often highly valued.