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Biological, legal and social definitions. In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty, [ 1][ 2] or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. [ 3] Legally, the term child may refer to anyone below the age of majority or some other age limit. The United Nations Convention on the ...
Child labour in Bangladesh is significant, with 4.7 million children aged 5 to 14 in the work force in 2002-03. [ 1] Out of the child labourers engaged in the work force, 83% are employed in rural areas and 17% are employed in urban areas. [ 2] Child labour can be found in agriculture, poultry breeding, fish processing, the garment sector and ...
Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."
Facts for Life. Facts for Life is a book published and distributed by UNICEF. It provides basic, clearly expressed advice about child health. According to UNICEF: [1] Each year, around 9 million children die from preventable and treatable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday ... It is possible to save lives and greatly reduce human ...
Child marriage in India, according to the Indian law, is a marriage where the woman and man both are younger than 21 years of age respectively. Most child marriages involve women, many of whom are poor socio-economic conditions . Child marriages are prevalent in India. Estimates vary widely between sources as to the extent and scale of child ...
This definition thus includes the twenty-two countries of the Arab League (including the Palestinian Authority enclaves in the West Bank and Gaza Strip), Turkey, Israel, Iran, and Cyprus.' They stressed, however, how controversial and problematic this definition is, and that other choices could also have been made according to various criteria.
Refusal of work. v. t. e. Child labour in Nigeria. Child labouris the exploitationof children through any form of work that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful.[3] Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation worldwide,[4][5]although these laws do not consider all ...
Child trafficking is an issue that is extremely prevalent in India, and is continuing to grow rapidly. The trafficking of young girls (under the age of 18) has grown 14 times over the last decade and has grown by 65% in the year 2014 according to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB). [21]