Child Labor in India

When it comes down to humans inflicting pain on children and exploiting them there certainly should be no tolerance. The history of forced child labor dates back to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution; industrialization came with mass production and circled around the world, influencing one of the largest countries such as India. India finds itself to be a country with millions of children, within the ages of five through seventeen, forced to work in agriculture, domestic work, and, our primary focus, in factories. Many foundations and organizations have made it their priority to resolve this niche within India; with the help of bringing awareness on the horrible conditions and daily struggles these children are facing and voicing the issue impacts the lives of the children.

The Industrial Revolution began in England and spread to France, two very large nations, and gradually to America. In the nineteen hundreds America had its start and had factories built, taking part in all kinds of things from building ships to making clothes. Children became integrated into these factories primarily for their size; their small hands and height were very useful when working with machinery. The other reason for their use within these factories was because of the ability to have control over them as described by “Child Labor Public Education Project”. Slowly but surely the Americans began to realize how badly the conditions were and how affected the children were from working daily. With the first law to be passed, the National Labor Committee of 1904, establishments of anti-sweatshop campaigns and an attempt to provide schooling for children were started.

In India the industrialization did not come as early, according to “Indian Chil...

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... work in countries such as India, people can voice their opinion on it and if enough people petition to help end child labor, a big difference can be made. One can even avoid brands that involved children processing them at some point. Small acts make a big change.

Although child labor has been occurring since the eighteen hundreds, it can be abolished through greater availability of education. Even if at this moment there are 12.67 million children working similarly to serfs within India everyone can make a difference by promoting awareness and lead to end the suffering of those children.

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Indian Child. Indianchild.com, 2000. Web. 3 Feb. 2014.