SlogansStop child labour and child rights slogans
The World Day Against Child Labour is observed on 12 June, and Children's Day in India on 14 November. These slogans say one thing in many ways: a child's place is in school and on the playground.
English
Small hands are for pencils, not for tools.
Let children carry school bags, not loads.
Childhood comes once. Do not put it to work.
The tea can wait. His schooling cannot.
Every child you send to school closes a door on poverty.
Do not buy a child's time. Give it back.
A child at work is a lesson unlearnt for all of us.
School bell, not factory siren.
Toys, books, friends: the only jobs of a child.
See a child at work? Do not look away.
Their wages are small. The cost is a lifetime.
Play is a right, not a reward.
Give them chalk, not chores.
हिन्दी
नन्हे हाथों में क़लम दो, औज़ार नहीं।
बचपन काम के लिए नहीं, खेलने और पढ़ने के लिए है।
कंधों पर बस्ता हो, बोझ नहीं।
चाय बाद में, पहले उसकी पढ़ाई।
बच्चों से काम मत कराओ, उन्हें स्कूल पहुँचाओ।
हर बच्चे का हक़ है: पढ़ना, खेलना, हँसना।
बच्चा काम पर दिखे तो नज़र मत फेरो।
बचपन एक बार आता है, उसे मज़दूरी में मत गँवाओ।
खिलौनों की उम्र में ज़िम्मेदारी का बोझ क्यों?
स्कूल की घंटी हर बच्चे के लिए बजे।
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Where these slogans are used
School rallies and poster competitions, Children's Day programmes, awareness drives in markets and industrial areas, NGO campaigns, and essays and speeches on child rights. They are aimed at adults: employers, customers and parents. Children do not send themselves to work.
Write your own
Put a school object next to a work object, and the slogan almost writes itself: a pencil and a hammer, a school bag and a load of bricks, a slate and a tea tray. The contrast does the arguing for you. Keep the child's dignity in every line. The child in your slogan is somebody's son or daughter, not a symbol.
- English pairs: play and day, school and tool, child and smiled, learn and earn, book and look.
- Hindi pairs: बचपन and बंधन, काम and नाम, पढ़ाई and कमाई, खिलौने and बोझ ढोने, हाथ and साथ.
What an ordinary person can do
- Do not employ children, at home or at work.
- If you see a child who seems to be in danger or forced to work, tell the authorities. Use a child helpline or police number taken from an official government source and checked that day.
- Support the schooling of a child you know: fees, books, a uniform, or an hour of help with homework.
What to avoid
- Photographs of real working children on posters. Draw the scene, and protect their identity.
- Blaming poor parents. Many have no choice. The slogan should ask society for one.
- Ages, laws and penalties written from memory. They are specific and they change. Take them from an official source or leave them out.
Using these slogans
- A drawing of two hands, one holding a pencil and one a tool, with a cross on the tool, explains the whole subject.
Questions
When is the World Day Against Child Labour?
On 12 June every year.