Bonded child labour is extensively rooted in socio-cultural and political structures in parts of South Asia. Source: Sona Sahu / CoolAvenues.com – “Child is the father of the man” or he is the future of tomorrow? But no more. With the growing exploitation and the way we are depriving him of his basic rights, the […]
Child Slavery Now: A Contemporary Reader
October 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Child Slavery Now: A Contemporary Reader Author/Editor: Gary Craig Format: Hardcover , 360 pages Publisher: Policy Press (October 10, 2010) The issue of modern child slavery is plagued with self-aggrandisement, shoddy research, and sensationalism. Child slavery now is a powerful antidote to this trend. Gary Craig brings together real experts and deep thinkers to carry […]
Remembering Sunanda Gandhi
October 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: Sunanda Gandhi’s birthday was today, 1932. Sunanda Gandhi (1932–2007) was an author, researcher, nurse and, along with her husband Arun Gandhi, co-founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence presently located at University of Rochester Prior, Sunanda and Arun, along with friends, organized India’s Center for Social Unity which developed self-help, economic models for […]
CNN photographs shocking child labor images at Commonwealth Games construction
October 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
The images, taken by Harvard fellow Mr Kara and released by CNN, drew criticism from Save The Children. ‘We are concerned about reports of young children working on construction sites,’ said the charity. ————– Carrying the can: A naked child walks with a pail as Commonwealth Games labourers look on at a site in Delhi […]
The Lost Childhoods of Gujarat’s Cotton Fields
October 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Source: Kapil Dave | India Today Like most teenage girls, Ramila would love nothing more than to fret over school examinations, pine for Bollywood hunks, hang out with her friends and frolic with her eight siblings. But for this shy 14-year-old from Barna village in the Kherwara block of Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, the joys of […]
CNN Video: Child Labor at Commonwealth Games
October 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
Trafficking expert Siddharth Kara on the use of child labor in New Delhi where the Commonwealth Games is being held: “I reliably documented, in just a few days, 32 cases of forced labor and 14 cases of child labor all for construction related to the Commonwealth Games,” Kara said on Connect the World. “The children […]
Video: Child Labour In India
September 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Video from World Vision Australia gives us insight into Child Labour. 280 million children in the world are involved in Child Labour, India is home to the largest number of child laborers.
Indian Child Labor Readying Commonwealth Games
September 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A recent article in the Toronto Star newspaper focuses on some disturbing examples of children as young as four working long days on the Games facilities. Meet four-year-old Ajay. Source: Rick Westhead | TheStar.com NEW DELHI—It’s crunch time in New Delhi and Ajay, a bright-eyed four-year-old with cropped hair and a handsome smile, is working 13-hour […]
Socializing in India
September 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Jean Williams The divide between home and work is much more fluid than in the Western world. It is not unusual to meet someone for the first time and upon departing, the Indian acquaintance most likely will suggest another get-together to include a meal that could be at the person’s home. Even though there […]
Trafficking and Child Sex Booming in South Asia
September 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Source: Mahmuda Begum | Devactivism.org There are one-fifth population in the world lived in South Asian region. Poverty is one of the main problem in this region. Most of them earn in here less than a dollar a day. Several studies have shown that girl children and women bear a disproportionately large burden of the […]
India is a Hub of Child Trafficking, Says State Dept
August 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
India is a major hub of human trafficking in forced labor and sexual exploitation, especially of children, noted the U.S. State Department in a report released recently.
India’s poverty amid plenty
August 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
See also – Indian Children have a Right to Adequate Food Nutrition EDITORIAL: India’s poverty amid plenty 10 August 2010 | Khaleei Times The New York Times has carried a rather interesting report by its correspondent on the widening chasm between its rich and poor, with particular focus on the government’s poverty alleviation measures. While […]
Happy Independence Day?
August 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
India Independence Day is a day for celebration, but is it not also a day for solemn reflection on its meaning? Is it not a time to remember Bapu’s Satyagraha? Independence Day was not the only news of the hour – we are saddened by THIS news – India’s child slaves building the Games Arun’s […]
India’s child slaves building the Games
August 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
India’s child slaves building the Games By JESSICA HALLORAN in New Delhi From: The Sunday Telegraph August 15, 2010 12:00AM INDIA’S $3 billion Commonwealth Games is being built by children working for as little as $3 a day. Human rights groups have accused organisers of reneging on promises to look after workers and criticised the […]
Indian Children have a Right to Adequate Food Nutrition
August 10, 2010 by 1 Comment
A sweeping political proposal has divided the Indian Congress Party. Its president, Sonia Gandhi, is pushing for a constitutional “right to food” and to enlarge the present entitlement to provide every Indian family with a monthly 77-pound bag of grain, sugar and kerosene – From The New York Times – By JIM YARDLEY – 8/08/2010: JHABUA, India […]