Let them go to school...
This is a poignant photo of an eight-year-old Indian girl scrubbing the floor of a Kolkata home, where she has worked as a domestic aid since the age of 5.
Millions of children across the world are forced to work up to 15 hours a day as domestic workers. Many are beaten, starved and sexually abused.
A new report by Save the Children estimates that some 218 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 are working as modern-day child laborers; of those, 126 million are involved in hazardous work.
Many are bought and sold, pushed into bonded labor or sexually exploited to repay debts. Others are trapped in harsh and dangerous conditions as domestic servants, miners or agricultural workers.
The photo above is part of a series of photos published by the Newsweek website on child slavery worldwide. Click here to see more such photos.
For more info: Save the Children website
Millions of children across the world are forced to work up to 15 hours a day as domestic workers. Many are beaten, starved and sexually abused.
A new report by Save the Children estimates that some 218 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 are working as modern-day child laborers; of those, 126 million are involved in hazardous work.
Many are bought and sold, pushed into bonded labor or sexually exploited to repay debts. Others are trapped in harsh and dangerous conditions as domestic servants, miners or agricultural workers.
The photo above is part of a series of photos published by the Newsweek website on child slavery worldwide. Click here to see more such photos.
For more info: Save the Children website
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