Child Labour

A woman who gave birth to their second child on January 19 shared her story as she was laid off by Google while she was still in the hospital, holding her hours-old newborn baby.

Nine children, who were illegally employed at a garmentfactory in Noida, have been rescued by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, officials said on Wednesday.

In a horrific case of torture and child labour in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar, an 11-year-old girl was assaulted in Nayapalli while she was illegally employed as a house help.

A woman was allegedly forced to deliver her child on the floor of the civil hospital in Punjab's Pathankot after she was denied admission to the labour room.

Child labour, caste-based discrimination and poverty are closely interlinked in India, according to a UN report which highlighted contemporary forms of slavery.

No cases of children forced to leave their homes for illegal child labour and smuggling during lockdown have come to the notice of the apex child rights body NCPCR, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by world leaders with a firm commitment to end all forms of child labour by 2025. As we observe the World Day Against Child Labour today, we realise how far we are from achieving our goal

From working in a mica mine in Jharkhand's Giridih district as a child labour to representing India in a global event by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at Durban - the journey has been long for Badku Marandi.

A construction contractor in Greater Noida was arrested on Thursday for allegedly kidnapping a one-and-a-half-year-old son of a daily-wage labourer working for him and the child was rescued safely within three hours from his possession, police said.

Kailash Satyarthi said social and political will is needed to end child labour in India and asserted that the government will need the support of society and private sector.

Prolonged school closure has wiped out decades of progress in education and a shadow pandemic of child labour, child marriage and mental health issues has taken hold, according to Henrietta Fore.

A Delhi man who teaches underprivileged children for free has earned the Internet's respect and goodwill after his story was published on the popular page 'Humans of Bombay'.

The survey was conducted in 30 children homes of south and southeast districts and 400 children in the age group of 6 to 18 were covered. Child Care Institutions house children who are victims of trafficking, sexual violence, parental incarceration, parental death, child labour, amongst others.

A 12-year-old boy, survivor of child trafficking and child labour was made the chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) for an hour, an official said.

The subsequent socio-economic fallouts of the pandemic have had a tremendous impact on the lives of millions of children who are victims of child labour, in particular, the United Nations has observed.

A woman who gave birth to their second child on January 19 shared her story as she was laid off by Google while she was still in the hospital, holding her hours-old newborn baby.

Nine children, who were illegally employed at a garmentfactory in Noida, have been rescued by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, officials said on Wednesday.

In a horrific case of torture and child labour in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar, an 11-year-old girl was assaulted in Nayapalli while she was illegally employed as a house help.

A woman was allegedly forced to deliver her child on the floor of the civil hospital in Punjab's Pathankot after she was denied admission to the labour room.

Child labour, caste-based discrimination and poverty are closely interlinked in India, according to a UN report which highlighted contemporary forms of slavery.

No cases of children forced to leave their homes for illegal child labour and smuggling during lockdown have come to the notice of the apex child rights body NCPCR, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by world leaders with a firm commitment to end all forms of child labour by 2025. As we observe the World Day Against Child Labour today, we realise how far we are from achieving our goal

From working in a mica mine in Jharkhand's Giridih district as a child labour to representing India in a global event by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at Durban - the journey has been long for Badku Marandi.

A construction contractor in Greater Noida was arrested on Thursday for allegedly kidnapping a one-and-a-half-year-old son of a daily-wage labourer working for him and the child was rescued safely within three hours from his possession, police said.

Kailash Satyarthi said social and political will is needed to end child labour in India and asserted that the government will need the support of society and private sector.

Prolonged school closure has wiped out decades of progress in education and a shadow pandemic of child labour, child marriage and mental health issues has taken hold, according to Henrietta Fore.

A Delhi man who teaches underprivileged children for free has earned the Internet's respect and goodwill after his story was published on the popular page 'Humans of Bombay'.

The survey was conducted in 30 children homes of south and southeast districts and 400 children in the age group of 6 to 18 were covered. Child Care Institutions house children who are victims of trafficking, sexual violence, parental incarceration, parental death, child labour, amongst others.

A 12-year-old boy, survivor of child trafficking and child labour was made the chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) for an hour, an official said.

The subsequent socio-economic fallouts of the pandemic have had a tremendous impact on the lives of millions of children who are victims of child labour, in particular, the United Nations has observed.