Child Labour

Syllabus- General Studies 1 (Child Rights) Context- The pandemic and resulting lockdowns might have pushed a large number of children into child labour. The true extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child labour is yet to be measured but all indications show that it would be significant as children are unable to attend school and parents are unable to find work. However, not all the factors that contribute to child labour were created by the pandemic; most of them were pre-existing and have been exposed or amplified by it. What is child labour? International labour Organization defines....Read More