For four decades Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour.
“The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child labour, child marriage,” said Satyarthi who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work to combat child labour and child trafficking in India.
As the pandemic pummels the Indian economy, pushing millions of people into poverty, families are under pressure to put their children to work to make ends meet.
While rates of child labour have declined over the last few years, about 10.1 million children are still in some form of servitude in India, according to the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF.
Across India child labourers can be found in a variety of industries such as brick kilns, carpet-weaving, garment-making, domestic service, agriculture, fisheries and mining.
Earlier this month, Satyarthi’s organisation backed by police rescued dozens of girls during a raid on a shrimp processing unit in western India.
Global investors are eyeing European and emerging market assets to protect themselves from further turbulence…
U.S. central bank officials will conclude their latest two-day policy meeting on Wednesday with a…
Asian stocks sank in holiday-thinned trade Wednesday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street after…
The Bank of Japan's decision to keep policy unchanged last week gave yen bears plenty…
Under the auspices of the Agriculture Department (Extension), Government of Punjab, the mega cotton seminar…
Gold price in the country surged by Rs7,100 per tola in April following a surge…
Leave a Comment