Post Nithari, Awareness Campaigns by Organizations

In the wake of the Nithari incident, Indian Express reported that social organisations have decided to take out marches and processions in the most sensitive districts and then end them at New Delhi to bring the issue of stringent rules on child safety before the rule makers.

Caged Humans Running Rice Mills

When we think of India, we do not think of slaves – imprisoned in small enclosures behind barbed wires, made to work long hours for minimal food, kept in conditions that would make animals ill.
And if we were told that such situations exist in India, we would probably consider Bihar, maybe UP or Rajasthan. But certainly not Tamil Nadu?

March against Bonded Labor in Pakistan

According to Agriculture survey of Pakistan and (International Labour Organization) ILO’s World labour report there are approximately 1.7 million bonded labourers in Pakistan. While bonded labour is present in several different sectors, it is especially bad in the agricultural sector. Pakistan is also amongst the list of countries where there is the worst form of bonded labour. Several export contracts of agricultural products are cancelled due to bonded labour in Pakistan.

Psychosocial Outlook of Child Abuse

Dr. Syed Ali Wasif reviews violence against children and child labor in various forms prevalent in Pakistan.

Lalee: A Story of a Freed Slave

In Pakistan, a large section of the bonded labor actually lives in private prisons owned and operated by large landlords. Lalee was once such slave. Lalee and her family – including six children – had recently been freed from a private prison owned by a landlord in Sindh, owing to the efforts of advocacy groups working on slave labor.

Bonded Labor Laws Lack Enforcement

Despite strong laws, there has been negligible enforcement. The bureaucratic machinery and the political leadership of India are responsible for India having the largest bonded child labor population.

Indian Laws Against Bonded Labor

A review of the domestic laws in India that protect children against bonded labor and the strength of those laws. The Human Rights Watch report provides extensive review of these laws.