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...What would a better law look like? The Delhi court suggested that because children are usually put to work by their families, a more effective legal tactic to fight this kind of human trafficking would be to prosecute the family members as well as the placement agency. Sinha of the NCPCR says that the court's suggestion - though not legally binding in any way - could be a step in the right direction. "When you are talking about child Labor, no action is trivial," she says. "Every action is important because it is a step forward." Vikram Srivastava from Child Rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Under Pressure to Do More to Stop Child Labor | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...makes breakfast for the family she lives with as a nanny in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi. She takes the kids down to play, feeds them, bathes them and puts up with their tantrums. Asha is around 14 years old - a few years older than the children she minds. Neha, 12, works as a daily maid for a family in New Delhi. her day starts in the kitchen, where she struggles over the high sink every morning to wash the breakfast dishes. Like Asha, Neha has never been to school, and like Asha, she is one of hundreds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Under Pressure to Do More to Stop Child Labor | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...Hiring young children to work as nannies and maids in India is increasingly common. It's also illegal. In 2006, India banned the employment of children below the age of 14 in homes and restaurants. And though the law has gone largely ignored by thousands of employers, it is getting more attention on national and international levels. Earlier this week, a U.S. State Department report on human trafficking indicted India for its lack of commitment to the issue, coinciding with a June 15 statement by a trial court in Delhi about the need to punish agencies that recruit children, along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Under Pressure to Do More to Stop Child Labor | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, released on Tuesday, gave India a Tier 2 rating for the sixth consecutive year, citing that India has not been able to suppress human trafficking, "particularly bonded labor." According to a 2001 census, an estimated 185, 595 children are employed as domestic help and in small roadside eateries, a number that is believed to have grown today. Most child domestic workers in India are trafficked by placement agencies operating in poor states like Orissa, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The agencies pay families in advance for their children and then place them at jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Under Pressure to Do More to Stop Child Labor | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...domestic help or in eateries, carrying a punishment for employers of up to 3 months of imprisonment and a fine of about $200, or both. The legislation, however, is in conflict with the older Juvenile Justice Act, which is also applicable in prosecution of child labor cases, but defines children as under 18. The conflicting ages make prosecution a cumbersome process, and the pervasive social and cultural acceptance of poor children working in India hasn't helped. A 2006 UNICEF report showed girls between the ages of 12 and 15 are the preferred choice of domestic help in 90 percent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Under Pressure to Do More to Stop Child Labor | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

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