[Survivor Series] I am educating other children in the area so they are not trafficked
In this week s Survivor Series, Dilip Kumar tells us how he was sold to a bangle factory in Jaipur at the age of 14.
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I grew up in Bihar where my parents were daily wagers. We grew up in poverty and I had an unhappy childhood. My parents were both alcoholics and they would drink every day after coming home from work.
They would then start fighting and even hit each other. Very often, they would beat me too. I was always very frightened. I would dream of being able to escape this constant abuse.
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A study was conducted in 24 districts of the State
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A survey of child labour during COVID-19 pandemic was released by members of Campaign Against Child Labour in Madurai on Friday. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy
A study was conducted in 24 districts of the State
Madurai
There has been a significant increase in the proportion of working children from 28.2% to 79.6% out of the 818 children who were surveyed, mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and closure of schools, reveals a study conducted by Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL).
CACL State Convenor R. Karuppusamy released the rapid survey titled ‘COVID-19: Reversing the Situation of Child Labour’. The study conducted in 24 districts of the State showed that child labour had rapidly increased in North, South and Eastern districts of the state. The survey was conducted by interviewing children in the age category 6 to 18 during September and November 2020.
Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: RAGU R
Child labour, among vulnerable communities, has increased by nearly 280% in the State compared to the pre-COVID-19 situation, according to a survey. Gomathi (name changed), a resident of a Semmenchery in Chennai, dropped out of school during COVID-19 lockdown and started working as a house maid in Vellore district. She was rescued by Non-Governmental Organisations and the district administration in September 2020 following information that she was harassed by the house owner.
Gomathi is one among the many children who was pushed into child labour during the pandemic.
A study released by Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL)-Tamil Nadu and Puducherry ‘Lost Gains - COVID-19 - Reversing the situation of child labour, A rapid survey’ points out that child labour, among vulnerable communities, has increased by nearly 280% in the State compared to the pre-COVID-19 situation.
In 1926, a seventeenth-century trunk containing over 2000 unclaimed letters was bequeathed to the Dutch postal museum. The letters were closed using an ancient technique called letterlocking, in which the writing paper is intricately folded and secured to become its own envelopes. Now an international team of researchers has virtually unfolded and unlocked the contents of one of the letters and the findings were published on March 2 in
Nature Communications.
At a meeting in Srinagar, the board, chaired by Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar, “recommended 8.50% annual rate of interest to be credited on EPF accumulations in members’ accounts for the financial year 2020-21”, a statement by EPFO said.
Child Rights Manifesto released
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Demands include focus on issue of dropping child sex ratio in the State
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Demands include focus on issue of dropping child sex ratio in the State
From strengthening mechanisms to monitor female infanticide to participation of children in Gram Sabhas, a child rights manifesto, with various demands, for Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections 2021 was released in the city on Wednesday.
The manifesto was prepared by the Tamil Nadu Child Rights Watch (TNCRW), Campaign Against Child Labour - Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Forum for Promotion of Child Participation - Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and Right to Education Forum - Tamil Nadu. It was released by Justice S Vimala, full time member, Tamil Nadu Law Commission.