Article on plite of child labour
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As India emerges on the global forefront as the next "world power", it silently crumbles in the face of gender inequality – a social manacle that has restrained this mighty elephant from realising its full potential.
Since time immemorial, daughters of India have been denied their rightful place by a patriarchal society, entrenched in the archaic belief that women are a liability to the community.
From female foeticide and infanticide to illiteracy and child marriage, the plight of the girl child in India remains a matter of utmost concern to social scientists and policymakers.
Political activist Gloria Steinem once noted: “Female foeticide is the deadliest form of genocide because someone is not only denied the right to live but the right to be born.”
According to the Times of India 2011 census, child sex ratios are grossly skewed in the north-western states of India, with 118 boys to every 100 girls, about 10% higher than the natural child sex ratio.
In rural areas, female newborns fall prey to infanticide, wherein they either suffocated at birth behind closed doors or discreetly drowned in nearby wells.
While many demographers claim that there is a correlation between gender-based crimes and socio-economic conditions of households, conservative estimates show metropolitan cities to have a more imbalanced birth sex ratio than rural India.
In truth, the causes of female foeticide and infanticide transcend class barriers and economic disparities - their root cause remains the much-abused dowry tradition.
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Girls' education
Millions of girls and young women miss out on school - even though educating girls has huge benefits for health, prosperity and security. There has been progress but much work is still needed to break down barriers that prevent girls from going to school such as child marriage and cultural discrimination.
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According to Article 24, no child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work in any factory or in any hazardous employment (but not in non-hazardous industries). As per Article 39(f)), childhood and youth are to be protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment.