Small Change: Bonded Child Labor in India's Silk Industry
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- Synopsis
- Millions of children in India toil as virtual slaves, unable to escape the work that will leave them impoverished, illiterate, and often crippled by the time they reach adulthood. These are India's bonded child laborers. A majority of them are Dalits, so-called untouchables. Bound to their employers in exchange for a loan, they are unable to leave while in debt and earn so little they may never be free of it. The Indian government knows about these children and has the mandate to free them. Instead, for reasons of apathy, caste bias, and corruption, many government officials deny that they exist at all.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 10 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 03/31/05
- Copyrighted By:
- Human Rights Watch
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
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- Proofread By:
- hrw_volunteers hrw_volunteers
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.