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| The ‘Bal Adhikar Pariyojna’, aimed at addressing the root cause of child labour has been implemented in 500 villages in Jaunpur, U.P. by UNICEF and IKEA since 2000. The expansion of the Project has been proposed to be undertaken in a phased manner. In the initial phase (2007-2012) an additional 1500 villages of Jaunpur, Mirzapur and Bhadoi districts, along with the existing 500 villages of Jaunpur district would be covered under a two-pronged strategy. With a view to enabling measurable outcomes and a meaningful evaluation of the various interventions under the expanded project, Indicus is conducting a baseline survey of the villages to be covered under the IKEA-UNICEF initiative in the proposed project districts of Mirzapur, Jaunpur and Bhadoi in Uttar Pradesh covering 1500 villages and over 10,000 households. |
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| The main aim of this study was to monitor and evaluate an integrated community-based program known as ‘Bal Adhikar Pariyojana’ which aims at eliminating child labour among the carpet weaving communities in a group of villages in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh and providing greater awareness with motivational factors that would help in the total prevention of child labour. Apart from the objective of sustainable prevention of child labour, the BAP program also puts forth few important sub-objectives including community awareness on child (bal) rights (adhikar), access to quality primary education for all, ensuring better health practices such as immunization of children, enabling a greater sense of community, contributing to freedom of households from debt cycle, women’s (economic) empowerment. The project was undertaken by UNICEF and Government of UP and sponsored by IKEA. |
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