Child Labour

More than 200 child labourers rescued, raids going on, says Delhi HC

Delhi High Court was informed on Monday that more than 200 children working as child labourers here have been rescued since January and further raids are underway. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted four weeks to the Delhi government counsel to file a further status report in the matter and listed it for hearing on May 4. The high court was hearing a plea by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, which filed a petition in the aftermath of a fire that killed over 40 people, including several minors, at a factory in the Anaj Mandi area here in December 2019. The NGO had sought a direction to the authorities to inquire into the angle of trafficking and child labour. Advocate Prabhsahay Kaur, representing the NGO, said during the hearing that there had been "unprecedented success" in rescuing child labourers from various units here since January 11 when the last order was passed for constitution of committees in each district. She said the ...

White House promises crackdown on exploitation of migrant child labour

The Biden administration said Monday that it is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of the illegal exploitation of migrant children for labour in the U.S. Hundreds of companies that employed nearly 4,000 children last year were found in violation of federal labor laws, a dramatic increase in the last five years. The growing problem has put Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in the hot seat, with concerns mounting that migrant children have been discharged from shelters and out of federal custody too quickly, pushing them into vulnerable situations where they're more likely to become victims of child labor. In a new video that's been circulating, first reported by The New York Times, the secretary urged his staff to discharge children from the federal government's broken system of shelters faster. If Henry Ford had seen this in his plants, he would have never become famous and rich, Becerra told staff during a meeting last summer in a recording. T

Hyundai says it has 'no evidence' of child labour at Alabama unit

Smart Alabama LLC, a wholly owned unit of the Korean automaker, employed immigrant workers as young as 12, Reuters reported Friday, citing family members of three underage workers

160 million child labourers in the world; time for a change, says Satyarthi

Need bold leadership to end child labour, poverty, says Kailash Satyarthi

The Nobel laureate said that $52 bn can provide social protection for every child and every pregnant woman in low income countries

As authoritarian regimes rise, child labour problem is getting worse

This is the Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. What can democracies do to make this a reality?

'A sea of broken children', Covid gives rise to abuse, labour and marriage

While they may be less susceptible to the virus itself, children in South Asia are profoundly affected by the fallout, including the economic and social consequences of measures such as lockdowns

Child labour records 1st rise in 20 years, millions more at risk: Report

The number of children in child labour has risen to 16 crore worldwide -- first increase in two decades -- with millions more at risk due to COVID-19

Child labour fell 38% in last decade, but Covid worsened situation: ILO

In a statement issued on Friday, the ILO said that the Covid-19 crisis has brought additional poverty to these already vulnerable populations

Carlsberg India probes find 'potential improper payments', child labour

The findings cast a fresh shadow on operations and compliance practices at the Indian joint venture of Danish brewer Carlsberg A/S

UP govt starts identifying child labourers, beggars for rehabilitation

The Yogi Adityanath government in UP has started the process of identifying children engaged in child labour and begging. The exercise has been initiated under the 'Mission Shakti' campaign

Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardising gains: Report

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening the future of a generation of the world's children, depriving them of schooling and sending them to work

ICSSR begins research project on human trafficking, child labour in UP

The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has started research work in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district on human trafficking, child labour and child marriage, officials said.

Delhi Police, DCPCR say child labour cases increased during pandemic

The Delhi Police and the DCPCR have seen an increase in cases of child labour during the Covid-19 pandemic

Lost generation: Covid-19 pushes millions of kids out of school, into work

Children may be seen as a stop-gap measure to fill jobs left vacant by migrant labourers who fled cities for their rural homes during the lockdown

ILO hails 'historic first' global convention to combat child labour

The International Labour Organisation welcomed a global agreement to combat the worst forms of child labour as all of its member states have ratified a convention in a process that lasted 21 years.

Covid-19 may push millions of children into child labour: UN report

The report titled 'COVID-19 and Child labour: A Time of Crisis, A Time to Act' says child labour decreased by 94 million since 2000, but that gain is now at risk

World Day against Child Labour 2020: Theme, importance in times of Covid-19

The theme of World Day against Child Labour 2020 is 'Covid-19: Protect Children from Child Labour, now more than ever!'

High chances of child labour increasing in aftermath of Covid-19: CRY

CRY organised an e-consultation to underscore how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the situation of child and adolescent labour in India

India coronavirus dispatch: Why heart surgeries have got scaled back

From informal Indian economy in the time of pandemic, to making cities liveable for migrants, and why Mumbai still struggles to cope with coronavirus - read these and more in today's India dispatch