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- Title
DISSONANCE BETWEEN FEMALE CHILD LABOUR AND EDUCATION AMONG FARMING COMMUNITIES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SELECTED COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH PUNJAB, PAKISTAN.
- Authors
Rafiq, Nazia; Mohy-ud-Din, Anwaar
- Abstract
A study was conducted in the Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. This study discusses the issue of dissonance between female child labour and education among farming communities of South Punjab. Based on the socio-economic indicators, communities under study were characterized as least developed, less developed and developed communities respectively. Research employed qualitative techniques to collect the empirical data. The study argues that in least and less developed communities provision of education for children was gender biased due to cultural superiority of boys over girls resulting into high dropout for girls particularly at post primary level of education. The focus of the study was to find out perception of child laborer adolescent girls, nature of their involvement in labour within household as well as in agriculture related work. Subsequently it highlights scarcity of financial resources at household level and its impact on girls education. The results indicated that adolescent girls were aware of the importance of education. Parents of these girls also wanted to educate their daughters particularly upto basic level of education. However, they were unable to do so because of financial limitations and inability to meet the cost of education of each child. On the account of scarcity of financial resources parents had to prefer among their children in terms of provision of education. Boys were favoured in this regard that resulted into massive dropout among girls and increased involvement of girls in agricultural related work.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; CHILD labor; EDUCATION of farmers; FARMERS; EDUCATION costs; EDUCATION
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Research (03681157), 2018, Vol 56, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
0368-1157
- Publication type
Article