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Why Child Labor Isn't Illegal in India ?
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Kailash Satyarthi who has worked to end child labor and slavery, prompts a look at what Indian law says about …
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Poverty in India
Child Labor Rising Sharply in India's Cities
A ragpicker boy searches recyclable material at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India. Urban India is employ…
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Human Rights Watch
Child Labour in Australia
From European settlement in 1888, child convicts were occasionally sent to Australia where they were made to work. Child labour was not as excess…
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UNICEF
Child Labour in England
Many factors played a role in Britain’s long-term economic growth, such as the industrial revolution in the late 1700s and the prominent presence…
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World Day Against Child Labour
Imran, 11, left, and Nizam, 11, are photographed on World Day Against Child Labour
Imran, 11, left, and Nizam, 11, are photographed on World Day Against Child Labour, as they take a break from their work at a factory that makes …
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UNICEF
History of Child Labour
Child labour forms an intrinsic part of pre-industrial economies. In pre-industrial societies, there is rarely a concept of childhood in the mode…
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Save Children
Causes of Child Labour
Primary causes International Labour Organisation (ILO) suggests poverty is the greatest single cause behind child labour. For impoverished hous…
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Children's rights
A boy prepares biscuits at a factory in Afghanistan
A boy prepares biscuits at a small traditional factory in Afghanistan.
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Non-governmental organization
Child Labour in India
In 2015, the country of India is home to the largest number of children who are working illegally in various industrial industries. Agriculture i…
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Children's rights
Child Labour in Africa
Children working at a young age has been a consistent theme throughout Africa. Many children began first working in the home to help their parent…
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Of an estimated 215 child laborers around the globe: approximately 114 million (53%) are in Asia and the Pacific.
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