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Child labour free zones have been promoted in India: a child labour free zone (CLFZ) is "a defined area, such as a village or a plantation, where everyone is convinced that 'No child should be working, every child should be in school!' [81] The concept was introduced in 1992 by an Indian organisation, the Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation ...
The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 [1] [2] is a Law enacted on 23 December 1986 by the Parliament of India and Ministry of Labour and Employment. The Act prohibits private, government or semi-government companies, organizations, civil departments or child's family from employing a Child or Adolescent in any ...
The Indian Penal Code, the Juvenile Justice (care and protection) of Children Act-2000, and the Child Labour (Prohibition and Abolition) Act-1986 provide a basis in law to identify, prosecute and stop child labour in India. [71] Nevertheless, child labour is observed in almost all unorganised, small scale, informal sectors of the Indian economy.
These children, HRW claimed, were bonded child labour in India, easy to find in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. [194] In 2010, a German news investigative report claimed that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had found up to 10,000 children working in the 1,000 silk factories in 1998.
Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education.. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."
The National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme is a scheme by the Ministry of Labour and Employment of India. The Government of India initiated it in 1988 to rehabilitate children aged from 9 to 12 years. [1] The project has expanded to cover 312 districts in 21 states. [2]
Smita Sharma, a photojournalist, has photographed and interviewed more than 50 young survivors of sex trafficking in India and Bangladesh. Child marriage and sex slavery of young girls are still ...
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA; Save Childhood Movement) is an India-based children's rights movement. It was started in 1980 by Nobel Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi. It campaigns against bonded labour, child labour and human trafficking, and promotes the right to education for all children. It has so far freed close to 100,000 children from ...