CHILD LABOUR NEWS, INDIA

Friday, January 25, 2008

Snow Child

A child on his way to work at Patnitop a renowned tourist place in Jammu & Kashmir. Thousand of minor children in the valley working whole day working in minus temperature and not earn more than 150 rupees in day. Photo courtsey/Tribune Publication/ Anand Sharma

Snow child 1

A child try to cover him self for escaping the snow and chilly weather, in Patnitop , a renowned tourist place in Jammu & Kashmir. Thousand of minor children in the valley working whole day working in minus temperature and not earn more than 150rupees in day.Photo courtsey/Tribune Publication/ Anand Sharma

Snow Child 2

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Child Business

A 7-year old kid carry eatable items for sale during a hockey match at sector-42,chandigarh.He is learning business according to his father ,who sits in the corner and watch match everyday. CLNBS Photo/Kamlesh

Smile of Innocence

Two sisters smiles at the time of begging at sec-16-17 red light,Chandigarh. They are migrant and whole family is in begging business. Photo Courtsey/CNR/ Ankur Vadehra

Monday, January 14, 2008

Baloon Girl

A 12 year girl saleing baloon at a streets of Ludhiana in cold weather . Photo Courtsy/The Indian Express/Ravi Kanojia

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Family Business

Mother begging with the help of her kids in sector-22,chandigarh. Photo Santanshu Sharma

WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR ?

Any child under the age specified by law worldwide works full time, mentally or physically to earn for own survival or adding to family income, that interrupts child’s social development and education is called “child labour”. Any child under the age of 15 engaged in activity to feed family or self is “child labour”. ILO Convention 138 (C. 138) obligates countries to fix a minimum age for employment that should not be less than the age for completing compulsory schooling and, in any event, should not be less than 15 years. Developing countries may set the minimum age at 14. C-138 provides flexibility for countries to establish a younger minimum age of 12 or 13 for children to partake in “light work.” For more detail read at--
http://www.childlabournews.org

CJI: child laws not being implemented

Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan on Friday rued that protective laws for children were not being properly implemented in the country. Addressing a seminar here on justice delivery standards for children, organised by the Legal Assistance Forum, Justice Balakrishnan pointed out that though there were appropriate legislations in place aiming at ensuring children’s welfare, the implementation of these still lagged. He cited the instance of the Juvenile Justice Act, which he said few states, with exceptions like Manipur and Orissa, were implementing seriously.
The CJI underlined that child labour continues to be a major problem in the country, and quoted a report that said 5,000 children still eked out a living on the streets of the Capital itself. He said that Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan were still grappling with this problem unlike Kerala that is relatively better off.(courtsey indianexpress)

Message From The Director

Dear friends, Apporva foundation is trying to eliminate child labour and child exploitation with the help of professional and armature photographer. As you are aware one photo is equal to thousand words and it can touch one's heart instantly. That’s why we are publishing only photos with the little information and trying to generate a photo bank. We want to show these photos to the government and our society with the help of NGO. These photos will be study material for the students of Sociology and social work department of various university and institute. Whenever any student will use your photo for his research work your name will be published with your photographs. So dear send the photos as many as you can send and tell your friends about this noble cause. You can send mobile photo also.

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