child labour in India

World Day Against Child Labour: Pandemic paralyses battle to end child labour

World Day Against Child Labour: Pandemic paralyses battle to end child labour

June 12, 2021

 Thirteen-year-old Muskaan is a very shy and soft-spoken girl. So soft-spoken that one would be tempted incessantly to ask her to repeat herself. But Muskaan, who lives with her parents and 5 other siblings in a slum near Malviya Nagar in New Delhi, is emphatic that chil...

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World Day Against Child Labour: India’s uphill battle

World Day Against Child Labour: India’s uphill battle

June 12, 2020

Child labour is one of the several persisting social problems in India, despite decades of action to remove the evil practice. The coronavirus pandemic could have made the situation far worse.

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Cruelty of child labour seen through the lens

Cruelty of child labour seen through the lens

June 12, 2020

Though the Indian society has turned a blind eye towards child labour, the film industry has been highlighting this curse with various films over the decades.

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Child labour in India

Child labour in India

June 12, 2018

In its 16th year , the focus of World day against child labour is 'to improve safety and health of the children; but with a big group of them still working in hazardous conditions in India, and being robbed of education, it seems a long way to minimise and then eradicate child la...

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