The Indian Government declared a ban against employing children under 14 as domestic workers on 1 August.
The announcement is an important step forward in official recognition of child domestic work as a significant problem.
Millions of children in India, some as young as seven years old, work as domestics. They have to work long hours cleaning, washing, cooking, doing the shopping and taking care of the employer's children, often for little or no pay. Many are only given leftovers to eat and a spare space, such as the kitchen floor, on which to sleep. http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/news/latestnews.htm
The announcement is an important step forward in official recognition of child domestic work as a significant problem.
Millions of children in India, some as young as seven years old, work as domestics. They have to work long hours cleaning, washing, cooking, doing the shopping and taking care of the employer's children, often for little or no pay. Many are only given leftovers to eat and a spare space, such as the kitchen floor, on which to sleep. http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/news/latestnews.htm