National Child Labour Welfare Council

National Child Labour Welfare Council (Bengali: জাতীয় শিশু শ্রমিক কল্যাণ কাউন্সিল) is a Bangladesh government council responsible for creating policies to end child labour in Bangladesh.[1][2][3]

National Child Labour Welfare Council
Formation2014
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali

History

National Child Labour Welfare Council was established in 2014. The aim of the council is to plan and monitor the implementation of National Child Labor Elimination Policy. According to the National Child Labor Elimination Policy the Government of Bangladesh plans to eliminate all forms of child labour in Bangladesh.[4] The first meeting of the council was held on 26 May 2015 in Dhaka. The meeting was chaired by Mujibul Haque, the State Minister of Labour and Employment.[5]

References
  1. "Hazardous labour hijacks childhood of 1.28m children". New Age. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "Trading with tiny hands: Do we really care?". The Daily Star. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. "Clothing and cotton still on child labour list". just-style.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Bonded labour at dry fish units robbing children of their youth". The Business Standard. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. "ILO supports first meeting of national child labour council". ilo.org. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.


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