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Mexico is planning ban on Street children. The modified article, if voted into law, would obligate authorities to send children under age 14 that they encounter on the streets to government social service agencies. The fine for not doing so is up to..
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It was a usual day for Rohan; a nine year old boy belonging to a lower middle class Indian family living in a small town in Madhya Pradesh. A boy with lots of sparkling...
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Poor Rameshwari, just 10 year old and scarred for life. She was working as a domestic servant in the house of a TV actress Urvashi. Though brought from her home town...
made popular Aug 24 2009
What does one egg cost in TT Market, Mumbai maximum Rs 3, but for vivek 10 years old it cost him his clothes, his hair and got a whipping in bonus, besides being...
made popular Jul 13 2009
Every time I go out to the market place, I see small rag pickers, with their torn dresses, unwashed hair, a big dirty bag, shooing off the street dogs barking at them,...
made popular Jun 15 2009
I was on a trip for some documentary film project in Mindanao, the beleaguered region in southern Philippines that has lately figured in international news once again...
made popular May 11 2009
At the crack of dawn, a squad can be seen on the avenues of Abbotabad, Pakistan. Numbering up to three hundred it troops across, and plays havoc in the lanes. Its...
made popular May 9 2009
In a deplorable incident, two minor girls escaped their torturous life of bonded labor in the posh area of Hayatabad (Peshawar) where they had been held captive by the...
made popular May 9 2009
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has warned the District Election Officers and the Returning Officers that they would be personally held responsible if there was any...
made popular May 4 2009
It was yesterday when I was heading towards Noida in a train. It was an awkward feeling returning to the Karmabhoomi after being spending a week full of leisure time at...
made popular Apr 22 2009
The very title of the film is enough to give you that jolts you, ask many questions, and raises many eyebrows. Slumdog Millionaire - Did it really deserve 8 Academy...
made popular Apr 17 2009
The notice put forward to the producers regarding child labor, by the Maharashtra government is an example of biasness. There are young and talented young kids who are...
made popular Dec 17 2008
When Apple debuted its I-Phone late last year, their product revolutionized the cell phone industry. It used to be so simple then. Over a decade ago, people walked...
made popular Dec 16 2008
Till now the rural areas people of Nepal are deprived from using the facility of electricity, road drinking water health, education and other many things. Approximately...
made popular Nov 14 2008
Really, well this are not the exact thoughts of Lakhi, a 13 year old maid servant who hails from Guwahati, Assam.
Lakhi used to work as a domestic help in the house of...
made popular Nov 10 2008
Human traffickers are preying on children displaced by the Muslim insurgency in Mindanao. The Visayan Forum Foundation, which monitors human trafficking in the...
made popular Oct 30 2008
By Vincent Van Ross
In a country like India where there is rampant unemployment and underemployment amongst the adults, what is it that encourages child labour? It...
made popular Sep 16 2008
For more than 30 years prior to its ban, the fishing method muro-ami was commonly used in the Philippines. During its heyday, it was the most lucrative of fishing...
made popular May 1 2008
In India, poor children start working at a very young age. Some of the children work to help their families and at the same time, some families want their children to...
made popular Dec 29 2007
The news that the global fashion company GAP has been indirectly involved in child labour while producing children’s clothing in India is hardly surprising. Local...
made popular Oct 29 2007
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