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National Resource Centre on Child Labour

 

Child Labour occupies a very high place in the agenda of Research, Training and related activities of the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute.  Towards contributing to the on-going efforts of prevention and elimination of child labour in the country, ever since its inception, the NRCCL has been focusing in the areas of Research, Training, Evaluation, Technical Support, Advocacy, Documentation, Publication and Dissemination,. The Thrust areas of NRCCL are detailed as follows:

 

Research on child labour:

 

     The research activities of the NRCCL have endeavoured to bridge the knowledge gaps which exist on various aspects of child labour.  The focus of research has been to update and upgrade the existing knowledge as well as to explore the unexplored issues relating to child labour such as the magnitude, enforcement of legislation, impact of state and non-state interventions, living and working conditions, occupational health hazards, etc. The methodology adopted in these studies are quantitative survey methods, participatory research methods, case studies using the research tools including focus group discussions, interviews, questionnaires and participatory observation. 

 

Completed Research Projects (as on 5th December 2008):

  • Girl child labour in Match Industry of Sivakashi

  • Child labour Legislation in India: A Study in Retrospect and Prospect

  • Evaluation of NGO Projects on Women and Child Labour

  • Panchayati Raj and Child Labour

  • Case Studies of NGO Interventions in Elimination of Child Labour

  • Mainstreaming Working Children into Regular Schools: An Account of

    CINI-ASHA's Efforts

  • Impact Assessment of Training Programmes: IPEC-NLI Phase- I

  • Child Labour in Sports Goods Industry of Jallandhar

  • Child Labour in Sports Goods Industry of Meerut

  • Child Labour in Bullandshahr District

  • Child Labour in Ghunghroo Industry in Agra Region

  • Tools for Convergence of Services for Elimination of Child Labour

  • Child Labour as Domestic Servants in Orissa

  • Child Labour - A Challenge to Sustainable Development : A Study of Punjab

  • Child Labour in Bhiwandi Powerlooms

  • Child Labour in Textile Industry of Surat City, Gujarat

  • Child Labour in Saree Industry of Varanasi 

  • Child Labour in Zari and Brocade Units of Varanasi

  • Child Labour in Knife  Industry of Rampur

  • Child Labour in Chrompet Leather Manufacturing Cluster, Tamil Nadu

  • Child Labour in Plastic Beads Industry in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra

  • Assessment of Health Status of Children and Adults in the Lock Industry of Aligarh, Brassware Industry of Moradabad and Glass Industry of Ferozabad

  • Incidence of Child Labour and Unemployment Among the North Eastern States: 1987-88 and 1993-94

  • Evaluation of Three Projects under the Grants-in-Aid Scheme of Child Labour in Orissa

  • Evaluation of Three Projects under the Grants-in-Aid Scheme of Child Labour in West Bengal

  • National Child Labour  Projects: An Evaluation in 50 Districts

  • International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour – Andhra Pradesh State Based Project

  • Child Labour in Brick-kilns

  • Child Labour in Hazardous Occupations: A case of Child Labour in Slaughter Houses and Allied Activities

  • Child Labour in Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Rag Pickers in NOIDA

  • Effects of Technical Change and Industry Restructuring on the Demand for Child Labour in Moradabad Brassware Industry

  • Evaluating the Impact of Vocational Training in Eliminating Child Labour: The Case of MAYA (Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness)

  • Vulnerabilities and Insecurities of Informal Sector Workers: A Study of Street Vendors including Street Vending Children

  • Evaluation of National Child Labour Projects - 2007

  • Grants-In-Aid for projects benefiting Women Labour: A Review and Action  Programme towards sensitizing women on child labour

The Ongoing Research Projects:

  • Forced Child Labour : A Study of Children at the Traffic Lights

  • Linkages between HIV/AIDS and Child Labour : Developing an Integrated Approach Towards Effective Policy Formulation

  • Convergence of Services Towards Prevention and Elimination of Child Labour: A Case Study of Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh

  • Situational Analysis of Girl Children and Empowerment through Action Programme

Training Activities:

 

Imparting training is one of the objectives of NRCCL with the view to develop capabilities of various target groups towards progressive elimination of child labour in India. Ever since its inception, the NRCCL has been conducting a number of Sensitisation programmes, Capacity Building programmes, Orientation programmes, Training of Trainers programmes, Awareness Generation Programmes. The training programmes form a part of the endeavour to create a large group of trainees for a wide geographical coverage.  The uniqueness of these programmes is that every programme is meticulously designed to meet the training needs of different target groups.  A common feature of all these programmes is that a special emphasis is placed on the sensitization of trainees on the issue of child labour so as to induce in them attitudinal changes, thus enabling them to play a role of change agents.  Participants for these programmes are drawn from different Government Departments and Organizations including Central Board of Workers’ Education, Labour, Social Welfare, Social Justice and Empowerment, Health, Rural Development, Women Development and Child Welfare, Factories, Education, Cooperative, Home, Revenue. The other target groups are the Research Scholars, representatives of Media, Employers’ Organisations, Trade Unions, Non-Governmental Organizations, Rural Workers’ Organisations, parents of Child Labour, Employers, Panchayati Raj Institutions (Local Governing Bodies), Academic and Training Institutions, Teachers’ Associations, and Youth Groups such as  NSS and NYK,  etc.  So far NRCCL has conducted 271 Training Programmes for 7674 participants.

Workshops/Seminars

            Special efforts are made by NRCCL for holding seminars and workshops with the objective of sharing knowledge and information and deciding the modalities and course of action on specific issues.  The NRCCL has organised various in-house, state-level and national seminars on various themes.  The outcomes of these seminars have resulted in bringing about in evolving innovative strategies, programmes and actions in different parts of the country.

 NRCCL has conducted the following seminars/workshops (updated till 5th December 2008):

  • Workshop on Strategies to Combat Child Labour: Gaps and Options

  • National Conference on Elimination of Child Labour

  • Consultative Workshop on Developing Effective Mechanism for Implementing Indo-US DOL Project on Child Labour at District Level

  • National Seminar on Integrated Child Labour Monitoring Systems

  • Training Workshop on Implementation of the Action programme on public Education including Administrative and Financial Matters

  • National Child Labour Project: Priorities and New Directions

  • Situation of Working Children in Tamil Nadu

  • Situation of Working Children in Uttar Pradesh

  • Media and Child Labour

  • Trade Unions and Child Labour

  • Child Labour: A Report of Workshops for District Collectors and Project Directors

  • Towards Eliminating Child Labour

  • National Seminar on National Child Labour Projects

  • Vocational Training for NCLP Schools

  • Proceedings of the Core Group of the Legal Study Cell

  • Child Labour in India: Realities and Policy Dimensions

  • Combating Child Labour: Initiatives and Challenges Ahead on 12th June 2002

  • Convergence Workshop on Child Labour in Maharashtra

  • Child Labour in Domestic Setting

  • Designing Curriculum Course Content and Textual Material for Vocational Training for Children in Special Schools in National Child Labour Projects (Ministry of Labour)

  • Globalization and Child Labour on 28th October 2003

  • National Child Labour Project: Policy and Options

  • National Consultation on Child Labour Strategies: Gaps and Opportunities on 16th April 2006

  • Workshop on Child Labour for Stakeholders in Andhra Pradesh

  • Workshop on Child Labour in Unorganised Sector

 

Publication (updated till 5th December 2008):

 

The publication activity of the NRCCL can be viewed as a tool of dissemination of information on different aspects of child labour. Publication work has occupied a special place among the activities of centre, especially in the context of information on the issue of child labour growing exponentially. The various components of this activity include:

  • Systematic Collection of  Relevant Literature

  • Classification of Collated Information

  • Periodical Dissemination

  • Collection & Documentation of Audio-Visuals

  • Developing Audio-Visuals

Research Studies Published (updated till 5th December 2008):

  • Child Labour in Chrompet Leather Manufacturing Units of Tamil Nadu

  • Child Labour in the Knife Industry of Rampur

  • Study of Child Labour in the Zardosi and Hathari Units of Varanasi

  • Child Labour: Challenge and Response

  • Hard Labour at Tender Age: Child Labour in the Home-based Industries in the Wake of Legislation

  • National Child Labour Project: An Evaluation 2001

  • Girl Child Labour in the Match Industry of Sivakasi: No light in their lives

  • Child Labour Legislation in India : A Study in Restrospect and Prospect

  • Child Labour in Home Based Production of Sports Goods in Jullandhar

  • Home Based Production of Sports Goods in Meerut

  • Child Labour in Ghunghroo Industry in Agra Region (English & Hindi)

  • Children of Carpet Looms: A Study of Home Based Productions of Carpet in Uttar Pradesh

  • Child Labour in Slate Industry of Markapur in the Wake of Legislation

  • Child Labour in Moradabad Home Based Industry in the Wake of Legislation

  • Child Labour in Bullandshahr District of Uttar Pradesh

  • Child Labour in Home Based Lock Industries of Aligarh

  • Child Labour in Diamond Industry of Surat

  • Child Labour in Knitwear Industry of Tiruppur

  • Child Labour in the Home Based Gem Polishing Industry of Jaipur

  • Child Labour in the Home Based Match Industry of Sivakasi

  • Child Labour in the Glass Bangle Industry of Ferozabad

  • Child Labour in the Hazardous Industries: The Case of Slaughter House and Allied Occupations

  • Child Labour in Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Ragpickers in NOIDA

  • Impact of Technological Change on the Demand for Child Labour in Brassware Industry of Moradabad

  • Vulnerabilities and Insecurities of Informal Sector Workers: A Study of Street Vendors  (English & Hindi)

General Publications (updated till 5th December 2008):

  • Child Labour at Health Risk (An Illustrative Digest on Child Labour in Hazardous Occupations and Processes)

  • Child Labour: Situation and Strategies for Elimination

  • Child Labour: Legislation in Select Countries of South Asia

  • Loose Leaf Folder on Towards Combating Child Labour

  • Child Labour in India: A Select Bibliography

  • Challenge & Response: A Status report on Indian Initiative towards the Elimination of Child Labour

  • Comprehensive Brochure on National Child Labour Project

  • Child Labour Law: An Overview

  • Exploring Child Labour Issues: An Abstract

  • Towards Eliminating Child Labour

  • A Childhood for every Child

  • Ensuring Children their Childhood

  • Child Labour in India: An Overview

  • Media Responses to Child Labour

  • Little Gudiya

  • Tools for Convergence: A National Perspective

  • Tools for Convergence: Andhra Pradesh

  • Tools for Convergence: Bihar

  • Tools for Convergence: Gujarat

  • Tools for Convergence: Delhi

  • Tools for Convergence: Rajasthan

  • Tools for Convergence: Karnataka

  • Tools for Convergence: West Bengal

  • Tools for Convergence: Madhya Pradesh

  • Tools for Convergence: Maharashtra

  • Tools for Convergence: Orissa

  • Tools for Convergence: Tamil Nadu

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Street Children Series  (updated till 5th December 2008):

  • Street Children of Bangalore

  • Street Children of Bombay

  • Street Children of Calcutta

  • Street Children of Delhi

  • Street Children of Hyderabad

  • Street Children of Indore

  • Street Children of Kanpur

  • Street Children of Madras

Child Labour Series(updated till 5th December 2008):

  • Working Children in India

  • Child Labour in Brassware

  • Child Labour in Gem Polishing

  • Child Labour in Lock Industry

  • Child Labour in Carpet Weaving in Jammu & Kashmir

  • Child Labour in Match Industry of Sivakasi

  • Child Labour in Pottery Industry of Khurja

Training Manuals / Packages / Handbooks and Training Kits :

The Centre has also prepared the following Training Documents on Child Labour:

  • Core Training Manual on Child Labour

  • Training Package  for Trainers of Panchayati Raj Institutions on Child Labour (in 5 languages such as Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati)

  • Training Kit on Child labour

  • Handbook on Child Labour for

  • Trade Unions

  • Panchayati Raj Representatives

  • Judicial Officials

  • Trainers of Enforcement Officials

  • Enforcement Officials

  • NCLP Officials

  • Government Functionaries

  • Employers

  • NGOs

  • Enforcement Manual for Labour and Factory Inspectors (Two Editions in five languages)

  • Trainers Manual for Labour and Factory Inspectors (Two Editions in five languages)

  • Manual for Lawyers and Public Prosecutors

  • Manual for State and District Level Trade Union Trainers

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Technical Support

In order to multiply its efforts towards prevention and elimination of child labour technical support has been provided to various organisations and Institutions and Individual Scholars in conducting research projects, action programmes, evaluation, in carrying out advocacy and campaign against child labour practice, child labour survey, designing curriculum modules on child labour, developing child labour monitoring systems and in conducting seminars and workshops.

 

 

Networking

Besides collaborating with different social partners, the Centre has also established networking with NGOs, Academicians, Individual Activists, Employers’ Organisations, Lawyers Association, Association of Paediatricians, State Labour Institutions, Administrative Training Institutes, State Institutes of Rural Development, University Departments, UN and other International Agencies towards acceleration of the process of progressive Elimination of Child Labour.