Worldwide, the latest UNICEF report from New Zealand estimates nearly 160 million children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labor – equivalent to half the population of the United States. UNICEF: 4 October 2010: While New Zealanders watch their team compete in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, many children in India will never have the […]
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 […]
Origin and Causes of Child Labour and its Possible Solutions
October 5, 2010 by 2 Comments
Children are the gifts; Children are the future citizens; it is childhood which determines a child’s future, his/her life and their worthy contributions to the world. Thus it becomes an important aspect for us, for everyone in the society, and for the Government to protect, nourish and work for the overall welfare of children 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 […]
Be The Change! MC Yogi Rap Song
October 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
About the Artist – MC Yogi grew up painting graffiti & listening to hip hop. At age eighteen, he discovered yoga. A full time yoga teacher & performing artist, MC Yogi combines his knowledge of yoga with his love for hip hop music creating an exciting new sound that brings the wisdom of yoga to […]
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 […]
Child malnutrition in India – Putting the smallest first
September 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Why India makes a poor job of feeding the young, and how it could do better. Source: THE ECONOMIST | GOTHEKAR PADA VISHAL, the son of a farm labourer in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, is almost four. He should weigh around 16kg (35lb). But scooping him up from the floor costs his nursery […]
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 […]
The ‘Gray Areas’ of Child Labor
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Earlier in the week NPR’s Neal Conan interviewed Jane Stewart, special representative and director of the International Labour Organization’s office to the United Nations, formerly minister of human resources in Canada. Listen online here Read NPR Transcript – This is TALK OF THE NATION. Im Neal Conan in Washington. The campaign to eliminate the horrors […]
Number of world’s hungry falls 10%
September 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Source: Financial Times By Javier Blas, Commodities Editor Published: September 14 2010 12:34 | Last updated: September 14 2010 18:36 The number of chronically hungry people will decline 10 per cent this year, the first fall since 1995, said the UN, while warning the global agreement to cut the percentage of people suffering from hunger […]
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 […]
America to Kolhapur: A Mahatma Gandhi inspired Journey
September 1, 2010 by 3 Comments
GWEI Directors Anuradha Bhosale, Jean Williams, and Scott Kafora were just featured in the DNA Mumbai news! ———- From America to Kolhapur: The journey Mahatma Gandhi inspired By Mohsin Mulla | DNA News | Friday, Aug 27, 2010 Over 60 years after he died, father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi continues to find followers globally. […]
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 […]