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A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia

International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that there are about 250 million economically active children worldwide. In Malaysia, although the Children and Young Persons Act (Employment) 1966 prohibits the children to be employed, previous studies proved that there are high rate of working chi...

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Main Authors: Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Mohd, Azizah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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H10 Societies
HT51 Human settlements. Communities
K Law (General)
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/44711/1/44711.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.447112016-05-20T07:53:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44711/ A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Mohd, Azizah H10 Societies HT51 Human settlements. Communities K Law (General) International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that there are about 250 million economically active children worldwide. In Malaysia, although the Children and Young Persons Act (Employment) 1966 prohibits the children to be employed, previous studies proved that there are high rate of working children in certain states in Malaysia. It is believed that thousands of working children in Malaysia to be in an environment which is potentially harmful to their physical, mental, emotional, and social development. To identify the types and instances of child abuse for the working children, a study has been conducted to 454 working children in four states in Malaysia. Based on data analysis, it is found that more than half (63%) of the working children have been emotionally abuse, 27% physically abused and at least 10% have been sexually abused. Majority of them are not happy with their current job and are regretful for not attending school. This represents their basic necessities to have proper education and they should not expose to work at this early age. This research contributes to increase the awareness of public and government to take care of the need of children basically on the issue of child abuse for working children. 2015-04-09 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44711/1/44711.pdf Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal and Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum and Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Mohd, Azizah (2015) A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia. In: 2015 IECDR Kyoto Conferences, 9th-10th April 2015, Kyoto, Japan. http://iedrc.org/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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language English
topic H10 Societies
HT51 Human settlements. Communities
K Law (General)
spellingShingle H10 Societies
HT51 Human settlements. Communities
K Law (General)
Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal
Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum
Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Mohd, Azizah
A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia
description International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that there are about 250 million economically active children worldwide. In Malaysia, although the Children and Young Persons Act (Employment) 1966 prohibits the children to be employed, previous studies proved that there are high rate of working children in certain states in Malaysia. It is believed that thousands of working children in Malaysia to be in an environment which is potentially harmful to their physical, mental, emotional, and social development. To identify the types and instances of child abuse for the working children, a study has been conducted to 454 working children in four states in Malaysia. Based on data analysis, it is found that more than half (63%) of the working children have been emotionally abuse, 27% physically abused and at least 10% have been sexually abused. Majority of them are not happy with their current job and are regretful for not attending school. This represents their basic necessities to have proper education and they should not expose to work at this early age. This research contributes to increase the awareness of public and government to take care of the need of children basically on the issue of child abuse for working children.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal
Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum
Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Mohd, Azizah
author_facet Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal
Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum
Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Mohd, Azizah
author_sort Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal
title A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia
title_short A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia
title_full A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia
title_fullStr A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A study on child labour as a form of child abuse in Malaysia
title_sort study on child labour as a form of child abuse in malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/44711/1/44711.pdf
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