Child Labour Unit

Child Labour Unit (Bengali: শিশু শ্রমিক ইউনিট) is a Bangladesh government specialized unit under the Ministry of Labour and Employment responsible for eliminating child labor in Bangladesh.[1][2][3]

Child Labour Unit
Formation2009
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
WebsiteChild Labour Unit

History

Child Labour Unit was established in 2009 under the Ministry of Labour and Employment to eliminate child labor in Bangladesh. This was inline with Convention on the Rights of the Child signed in 1990 and the National Child Policy 2011 policy of the government of Bangladesh.[4] While this was mean't to be a temporary unit, the government of Bangladesh moved to make it a permanent unit under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.[5]

References
  1. "Govt firm to withdraw child workers by 2015". The Daily Star. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. "Child Labour Eradication policy hailed". The Daily Star. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. "Make action plan to end child labour". The Daily Star. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. "A BETTER TOMORROW". The Daily Star. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. "Govt to ban 36 types of child labour". The Daily Star. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2019.


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