Bonded labour, child labour: Manual scavenging in India far from being eradicated

More than 90% manual scavengers were never recorded through the PEMSR Act

All work, no play

Millions of children spend the best years of their lives working for a pittance

Protecting children

High on Chinese demand

Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka's Bellary district

Gem slaves Tanzanite's child labour

Unashamed exploitation

Lost generation

South Asia

Education is key to freeing the girl child from deeply entrenched social barriers

NCRB data shows 33 girls forced into child marriage every day in 2021

Maternal, infant health in Tikamgarh poor despite high institutional delivery rate

Few women avail proper antenatal care, many opt for hospital deliveries for incentives

Targeting silk industry

Lost childhood: COVID-19, floods trigger child trafficking in Bihar

State’s battered economy provides fertile ground to human traffickers

More harm than good: New study scans global treaties on environment, rights

Kyoto protocol was not not as successful as finance and trade treaties

Explosion kills 24

Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

Movement for worse

The marginalised from Western Odisha who migrate out of the state lead difficult lives

Poverty high in Ghana, but so is school enrollment

Households claim improvement in living conditions over last 10 years

What bleeds Bellary

How illegal iron ore mining has bled Karnataka’s Bellary district

No Go

The South managed to make its presence felt, but this was due to the US-Europe rift

CHILD LABOUR

BANGLADESH GETS AID

In credible India

Wildlife decline causes human trafficking, child slavery: study

Depletion of species has increased the need for labour