Assalamu’alaikum
warrahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Your
excellencies the committees,
The
honorable adjudicators, and
Dear
audiences,
All
praises be to Allah SWT, the lord of the world who created everything in this
universe. Peace and salutation be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, who brought us
to the new great civilization.
In this opportunity I’d like to deliver a speech,
entitled :
Child Labour
Dear Audience
Child labour is the wrong practice running in the
society worldwide for years from the ancient time. It is not only a national
issue but it is a worldwide issue. Child labour is the act of involving
children in some type of labour at very low cost to get efficient work by the
owners, industrialists, businessmen, etc. Generally they involve children in
economic activity on part time basis.
Child labor is mostly caused by poverty and low
education. Poverty forces the parents to allow their children to work in such
condition. Because of the poor condition and lack of knowledge, poor children
become ready to work hard for a little payment where they are used as domestic
workers in the urban areas. This condition of child labour almost resembles to
the situation of slavery. Most of the parents give birth to their children only
to earn money and strengthen their financial condition. They involve their kids
in the domestic works as their support. We generally see children working in
the tea stalls, dhabas, restaurants, hotels, and other hazardous occupations.
Somewhere children work for full night and over
time without any leave to get more financial help. Child labour interferes with
the physical and mental development of the children. It has taken its deep root
in the society because of poverty, lack of shelter and food, lack of facilities
for poor people, lack of education, big gap between rich and poor, growth of
informal economy, etc.
Dear Audience
Child labour is a crime. It takes their sweet and
memorable childhood. It interferes with their regular schooling as it disturbs
them mentally, physically, socially and morally. It is very dangerous. This
exploitative practice is still continuing by various international
organizations despite of various strict rules and regulations all across the
world which prohibits child labour.
The highest incidence rate of child labour was in
sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. According to this, more than 50% of the children
(aged 5-14 years) of Africa were working. The agriculture field worldwide has
been a largest employer of child labour for years. A big percentage of child
labour is found in the rural settings and informal urban economy where children
are forcefully employed by their owner or parents.
Dear Audience
Child labour is a global issue, it is not the issue
of our country only so, it needs a global effort to get removed from the
society. It has affected worldwide especially developing countries to a great
extent. Children are involved in various types of labour at low payment; bonded
child labour is one of them. It is a very old system in India in which children
are forced, or partly forced by the owner to perform their job for long time.
Some effort to solve child labour problem :
First, educate yourself. Use resources such as those suggested, and then share
what you learn with friends, family, co-workers and others, and work together
to increase your voting power.
Second, grow more of your own food. Farmers especially should work hard to
provide foods for the people.
Third, give presentations to schools, communities of faith, nonprofits and
other groups to educate them about child labor issues and encourage positive
action.
We should be aware in detail about this problem and
take some positive steps to remove this issue from the society. As being youth
of the country, we are highly responsible towards the growth and development of
the country, so we should work positively in the fields interfering it to go
ahead.
Thank you.
Wassalamu’alaikum
warrahamatullahi wa barakatuh.
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