Child labor remains widespread in India, where an estimated 13 million children work, with laws meant to keep kids in school and out of the workplace routinely flouted. 32 locations cited.

India has had a huge child labor problem since long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck and drove even more kids into work. According to the most recent available government data — which is a ...

NEW DELHI — In India, child rights activists and the United Nations Children's Fund have expressed concern about a controversial new child labor law they fear will make young boys and girls more ...

India recently passed a law aimed at fighting child labor by making education compulsory up to age 14. But grinding poverty still leads many kids to work, and certain industries that involve ...

While bans against child labor are a common policy tool, there is very little empirical evidence validating their effectiveness. In this paper, we examine the consequences of India’s landmark ...

According to a 2025 International Labour Organisation report, 138 million children globally are still engaged in child labour ...

PATNA, India — When the Nobel Committee announced that Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi had won the Peace Prize, a skinny 13-year-old boy was serving cups of milky tea to ...

“Child labor is allowed to continue in Meghalaya by those in positions of power and authority, as it is across India,” said Shantha Sinha, chairwoman of the National Commission for Protection ...

We think of child labor as a travesty of human rights violations 'over there.' But U.S. laws are only as good as our enforcement, Ashley Judd writes.

When children are forced into child labor, are abused or trafficked, we work to protect them and keep them free from violence. In disaster-prone India, our trained teams mobilize when children and ...