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A press conference was held at Oberoi Sheraton, Mumbai
01 July 2006: After nearly 59 years of (India's -Eds.) Independence and
over a decade after India became a signatory to the United Nations Convention
on Child Rights, our children continue to be the most neglected segment.
Statistics reveal that India has 17
million child labourers -- the highest in the world. Lack of awareness
about the basic rights of a child has lead to easy violation of laws meant
to protect and empower children. In homes, on the streets and in sweatshops,
children are being exploited by the thousands.
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Where do these children work?
Over half of the working children (54%) are in agriculture, and most others
are employed either in construction (15.5%) or in household work (18%).
About 5% are in manufacturing jobs, and the remainder (about 8%) are scattered
across other forms of employment. The table below provides a gender-wise
breakup of working children, and their schooling status. Please note that
the data are for children in the age group 5-14 years.
About one half of India's 230 million children ages 6-14 do not attend
school, and qualify as child labourers. For many, poverty, lack of awareness
among parents, inadequacy of school facilities and teachers and ineffective
enforcement of child labor laws block access to education. But many children
work because they are lured by employers 'false promises of endless gifts
and trips to the movies. Others are bonded to employers by their parents'
debt. And some are simply kidnapped and taken away to their jobs. All
are stripped of their childhood for their cheap, obedient labour
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