DeNika Smith January 18, 2017 Topic: Child Labor (Brick Kilns in India)
When searching for this weeks article I found an article regarding children who may have been trafficked and used for child labor.
The article reports approximately 200 female children being rescued from Telangana, India by the India police. The girls rescued from Telangana were reported to be around 7 and 8 years old. The children were found carrying bricks on their heads working in an India brick kiln. A kiln is a furnace for baking, drying or burning. An anti slavery post reports those who worked in the brick kiln took the India clay and molded it into bricks, the kiln would then dry out the clay forming bricks that were used to build majority of the buildings in India. The children were found in Yadadiri, only 40 km from the state capital, Hyderabad. The India police involved themselves in a national campaign called Operation Smile hoping to get rid of child labor and dint children that had been missing. The articles reports many of the children that were found in the India kiln moved from a state called Odisha and were residing and working with several adults. India police have been unable to determine if the adults truly are the parents of the children found working in the kiln, it is believed some of the children may have been trafficked. It was reported by the International Labor Organization in 2015 that the number of children who worked ranging between five and seventeen years old is approximately 5.7 million out of 168 million of the global population. The international Labor Organization reported over half of these children work in agriculture and over a quarter of the children work in the manufacturing sector.
DeNika continued: Telangana along with neighboring states are known for child trafficking and forcing child labor. Child labor is somewhat normalized with migrant children because these children tend to end up working beside their parents due to there not being enough schools and teachers who can teach and communicate with the children in their languages. When reading this article I noticed the violation of human rights not only against the children but also against the parents. The children are not getting an adequate education, an education that they are entitled to. Instead the children are being forced to work hand in hand with their parents to help earn money to support their family, money that the children may or may not have been getting. The children and parents were also living in this brick kiln where they worked everyday, these people were not getting appropriate housing to support a family with young children. The working and living conditions are harsh, the family often lives in the kiln and is exposed to dangerous substances like burnt plastic, dust, and ash. Many people, including children, are harmed when working in the kiln and do not receive decent health care which is also a violation of their human right. Those working in the kiln typically have very little knowledge on their rights and entitlements. In our reading, Sernau: Chapter 1, A World Rich and Poor stated China and India have seen dramatic financial growth. Our reading also states inequality being the key to global sustainability and notes a double divide within rich and poor. Double divide is the distance between rich and poor nations and distance between rich and poor within nations. India is not on the top of the list for the richest nations of the world therefore we see a huge divide between the rich and poor within India, resulting in things like human trafficking, child labor, and many violations of human rights as seen in the brick kilns. The chapter also states rich and poor can be hard on the planet. The brick kiln workers, although some may be forced into this labor, destroy land, soil and water resources in India to survive. When working in the brick kilns the adults and children will destroy the planet by gathering clay, water, and the harsh conditions of the kiln that pollute the area. Child labor happens all over the world, child labor is believed to take place in poor nations such as India. India police are standing up for their children and child labor by rescuing these children from hard work conditions and helping the children seek an education they have the right to.
Original Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/200-children-india-brick-kiln-child-labour
DeNika Smith
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Topic: Child Labor (Brick Kilns in India)
When searching for this weeks article I found an article regarding children who may have been trafficked and used for child labor.
The article reports approximately 200 female children being rescued from Telangana, India by the India police. The girls rescued from Telangana were reported to be around 7 and 8 years old. The children were found carrying bricks on their heads working in an India brick kiln. A kiln is a furnace for baking, drying or burning. An anti slavery post reports those who worked in the brick kiln took the India clay and molded it into bricks, the kiln would then dry out the clay forming bricks that were used to build majority of the buildings in India. The children were found in Yadadiri, only 40 km from the state capital, Hyderabad. The India police involved themselves in a national campaign called Operation Smile hoping to get rid of child labor and dint children that had been missing. The articles reports many of the children that were found in the India kiln moved from a state called Odisha and were residing and working with several adults. India police have been unable to determine if the adults truly are the parents of the children found working in the kiln, it is believed some of the children may have been trafficked. It was reported by the International Labor Organization in 2015 that the number of children who worked ranging between five and seventeen years old is approximately 5.7 million out of 168 million of the global population. The international Labor Organization reported over half of these children work in agriculture and over a quarter of the children work in the manufacturing sector.
DeNika continued: Telangana along with neighboring states are known for child trafficking and forcing child labor. Child labor is somewhat normalized with migrant children because these children tend to end up working beside their parents due to there not being enough schools and teachers who can teach and communicate with the children in their languages.
ReplyDeleteWhen reading this article I noticed the violation of human rights not only against the children but also against the parents. The children are not getting an adequate education, an education that they are entitled to. Instead the children are being forced to work hand in hand with their parents to help earn money to support their family, money that the children may or may not have been getting. The children and parents were also living in this brick kiln where they worked everyday, these people were not getting appropriate housing to support a family with young children. The working and living conditions are harsh, the family often lives in the kiln and is exposed to dangerous substances like burnt plastic, dust, and ash. Many people, including children, are harmed when working in the kiln and do not receive decent health care which is also a violation of their human right. Those working in the kiln typically have very little knowledge on their rights and entitlements.
In our reading, Sernau: Chapter 1, A World Rich and Poor stated China and India have seen dramatic financial growth. Our reading also states inequality being the key to global sustainability and notes a double divide within rich and poor. Double divide is the distance between rich and poor nations and distance between rich and poor within nations. India is not on the top of the list for the richest nations of the world therefore we see a huge divide between the rich and poor within India, resulting in things like human trafficking, child labor, and many violations of human rights as seen in the brick kilns. The chapter also states rich and poor can be hard on the planet. The brick kiln workers, although some may be forced into this labor, destroy land, soil and water resources in India to survive. When working in the brick kilns the adults and children will destroy the planet by gathering clay, water, and the harsh conditions of the kiln that pollute the area.
Child labor happens all over the world, child labor is believed to take place in poor nations such as India. India police are standing up for their children and child labor by rescuing these children from hard work conditions and helping the children seek an education they have the right to.
Original Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/200-children-india-brick-kiln-child-labour
Supplemental Website: http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/bonded_labour/bonded_labour_in_indias_brick_kilns/default.aspx
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