Combating Child Laboure In Pakistan’s Agriculture Sector: Current Scenario And Emerging Policy Challenges

Abstract

This study aims to comprehend the hardships child labourers endure in the agricultural territory. This study unveiled that children entrapped in child labour were deprived of education, which can affect their future drastically, deeming it impossible for them to have better jobs for a living in future. Children engaged in labour have a significant role in lessening the financial burden of their parents. Poverty is the main reason behind child labour, and that is why this issue is more prominent in the developing world. The focus of this study was to bring concerns of child labourers between the ages of 5 and 15 to light. This research utilized stratified random sampling to select 160 participants from rural areas of Faisalabad, conducting in-depth interviews with each participant in a confidential environment. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and supplemented with field notes to ensure data accuracy and saturation. From the findings of this research we established that child labourers in agricultural territories are facing several problems demanding urgent solutions. The main cause of child labour is poverty, so if we give low-income families the means to send their children to school, we can break the cycle of poverty for them by providing them with education. There is a gaping need for robust policies for children's rights protection. If we provide their families with other sources of income and free education for the children, we can help improve the situation of these families and the future of children.