Child Domestic Slavery Banned

The article, Child Domestic Slavery Banned, discusses a ban on child labor
in New Delhi. The ban was due in large part to the efforts of BBA, Bachpan
Bachao Andolan. The article tells the story of a young boy, employed by a
government official who was burned with a stove after drinking milk that
was not intended for him. The article says that 60 million children are
forced into child labor, and often times it is the government that gets
away with having this children as workers. Additionally there is a hope for
education to become more prevalent, releasing many of these children for
labor.

As we spoke of in class, child labor is increasingly used in underdeveloped
countries. These children are underpaid, and as stated above often abused.
I think that the most shocking part of the article was that government
officials, the very people that should be protecting children from such
abuses. Also, in everything that we have discussed about child labor,
education seems to be the primary solution, as it gives children another
means for income in the future.

http://www.globalmarch.org/news/childdomesticslavery.php3



-lindsay Rowland