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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 beats logic. That is the gist of what Sujata Madhok, chairperson of the Delhi Union...
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Thousands of children working in Malawi’s tobacco fields are absorbing 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day, a rights organisation has warned.
Children near a...
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We all say that child labour is a crime? No doubt that it is a crime, its a shame on us that we force innocent children as labours, we recurrently say that our first...
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Caroline Mbewe, 14, would prefer to be in school, but instead is a domestic worker for an affluent family in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe.
“My bosses treat...
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This picture of two boys who are lifting brikes on their head. What is it showing to us the strength of both of them that they can lift heavy weight on their head or is...
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The above headlines are not coming for the first time nor this is the end of it. Every year numerous illegal firecracker factories mushroom in the one room of any...
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This week there has been a huge row again about a major UK clothing chain using child labour in India. I have a problem with this. It is not possible to judge the...
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Thursday June 12th, was a day to remember children in bondage of labour to earn an extra buck in a home or to feed their siblings. This is very common in the developing...
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While the country holds Olympics in 2008, real problems brought out with media help exposes the country’s vulnerability to meet equal economic development.
The...
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Despite laws prohibiting child labour, with overwhelming poverty in the country the Indian government appears to be helpless in eliminating child labour in the country....
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India has a dubious distinction of fostering the highest number of child labour in the world. The great challenge for a developing country like India is to provide...
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India has a 22-year-old law that prohibits child labour in the country but still several incidents of alleged child labour come to light on a regular basis from almost...
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India is heading towards becoming a economic super power with its ever growing economy. Yesterday the sensex reached a new high of 14, 664 points. The PM and his...
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The recent media attention on Anti Child Labour Day as a ritual and event forces to reflect on the last years announcement by ministry of labour bringing in residential...
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Let us see all that the country has done to eradicate child labour.
The Indian Constitution has defined the right to free and compulsory education to all children...
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Ever since we became independent, we stood to fight against child labour. Even Article 24 of our Constitution prohibits employment of children under 14 years in...
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Today is Children’s day and today is the birth anniversary of Independent India’s first Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru too.
Everyone knows that because...
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India is a home to 19 percent of world’s children. The country is a story of stark contrasts and striking disparities as illustrated in a study of 43 focal...
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An average price for a child worker in Hyderabad is $152 a year. Maximum number of child workers comes to Delhi from Bihar to earn good wages.
These children often...
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The service sector is all set to have the greatest potential to create more job opportunities in India in coming days. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has...
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Javier Lozano Alarcon, Mexican Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, speaks during the 97th session of the International Labor Organization (ILO) at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 9, 2008.
