child labour

Most child labourers in BD are employed in the informal sector. These forms of labour are hard to regulate and monitor. The most common forms of work are agriculture, in rural areas, and domestic service, in urban areas. The majority of all child labourers in Bangladesh work in agriculture.

The Act changes the legal definition of a child from being a person under the age of 14 to one under the age of 18. It criminalizes any kind of cruelty inflicted on children while they are working in both the formal and informal sectorsChildren are boys and girls under 18. The UN Convention on the Rights of Children (UNCRC) treats every human being below the age of 18 years as a child. Establishing a National Child Labour Welfare Council, participation of non-government organisations and collaboration with different international and national organisations will ensure to declare of Bangladesh a hazardous child labour-free country.