ISLAMABAD: The International Day Against Child Labor is being observed today across the world, including Pakistan, with the aim of ending child labor.
According to the details, the purpose of celebrating World Day Against Child Labor every year is to free young children from the tortures of labor and show them the way to school, and promote general awareness among the people to make them useful citizens of the society.
Today on the occasion of International Day, seminars, talks, walks, and events will be organized by associations working for children’s rights, educational institutions, media, women’s, and social organizations.
Like in other countries, in Pakistan too, in seminars, debates, and talks, experts will talk about the situation caused by child labor, and public awareness against child labor will be raised.
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Historically, the International Day against Child Labor was founded by the International Labor Organization in 2002, since then the International Child Labor Day is celebrated under the United Nations. Every year International Day is celebrated under a new theme.
According to a conservative estimate, 16 million children around the world, including Pakistan, are forced to do hard labor due to domestic conditions and economic difficulties or due to other problems. The ages of these boys and girls victims of child labor are between 5 to 15 years.
Alarmingly, many children belong to poor families where they do not have access to education and adequate food. Children are forced to do hard labor under conditions of hunger and sometimes even starvation, which puts their lives at risk.
