Caution: Children at Work
An aged Native-American chieftain was visiting New York City for the first time in 1906. He was curious about the city and the city was curious about him. A magazine reporter asked…
An aged Native-American chieftain was visiting New York City for the first time in 1906. He was curious about the city and the city was curious about him. A magazine reporter asked…
Rajani, a 17-year-old girl, who is one amongst the 3309 child workers, recorded recently in Maharashtra, works at a garment shop in Nanded. Like several other workers in informal sector,…
Maulana Bande Ali, in his poem on Miah Muslims of Assam, wrote: “Neither charuwa, nor pamua I am an Asomiya. Of Assam’s earth and air I am an equal claimant.”…
Despite India's economic development in all sectors, growing poverty is a major problem with one-third of India's population living below the poverty line. Poverty's low standard of living, low income…
Two years ago, when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro favorably promoted the idea of labor for children as young as eight or nine, his minister for Human Rights, Family, and Women…
Children belong in schools, not workplaces. Child labor deprives them of their right to go to school and leads to intergenerational cycles of poverty. According to the 2011 national census…
Introduction Over the past nine months, the entire news and social media has been flooded with reports of rising cases of Covid-19 and the impact it has had on India’s…
More than 40 million people worldwide are victims of modern slavery, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). In addition, more than 150 million children are subject to child labor,…
“The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” (Oscar Wilde) The above quoted line by a famous poet and author Oscar Wilde is…
United Nations defines child labour as work, which deprives children of their childhood, their dignity, and potential, and that is harmful to their physical and mental health. It refers to…
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." -Nelson Mandela On 12th June 2019, ILO celebrated 100 years of…
“Well, if we don’t recruit the children from Assam they will get into more trouble as who will then feed them. By working for us, at least they get to…
The Government of India has been framed and introduced the National Child Labour Project as per the statutory provision of the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 aimed…
According to a report by the United Nation’s International Labour Organization, nearly 200 million people are victims of modern slavery or child labor around the globe. In 2016, 40.3 million men, women…
The Social Consciousness of Law Makers and Politicians at large when it comes to Rights of Children is missing, leading to the rise in violations against children. The recent passing…
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