{"id":9509,"date":"2024-06-13T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/?p=9509"},"modified":"2024-06-30T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T10:32:44","slug":"marching-to-end-child-labor-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/marching-to-end-child-labor-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Marching to End Child Labor in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mr A. John Aruldass and Mr Nuthakki Dileep Kumar, Partners-in-Mission, Good Shepherd Convent, Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh, India (Province of <\/em>Central East India and Nepal)<\/em><\/p>\n

To mark the la Journ\u00e9e mondiale contre le travail des enfants<\/a> on June 12, and as a part of the Congregation\u2019s ongoing campaign against child labor \u2013 which remains prevalent in the region \u2013 sisters and partners-in-mission organized a rally in Palnadu District<\/a> of Andhra Pradesh, India.<\/p>\n

As many as 168 people<\/strong> took part in the event, including NGO staff, Integrated Child Development Services<\/a> (ICDS) staff, government officials, National Cadet Corps students, scouts, child development project officers, child protection officers, members of the press, and many girls, women, and children who engage with our OLCGS ministries.<\/p>\n

Speeches made at the event by local politicians and government officials made special mention of the remarkable commitment<\/strong> of the sisters to the girls, women, and children in the region during the past 28 years.<\/p>\n

In the opening speech, local politician Mr Shyam Prasad stressed how all adults are responsible for ensuring that children living in their area between 4 years to 18 years old attend school.<\/p>\n

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During the rally \u2013 which marched from the courthouse to the Zilla Parishad High School \u2013 participants raised banners<\/strong> et chanted slogans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This event took place during a \u2018month against child labor\u2019<\/em> campaign that the police department and local authority carried out in the district, which involved police teams visiting local small businesses to check if they employ children.<\/p>\n

As part of the awareness-raising efforts of this campaign, Sr Madhalai Vinnarasi, Good Shepherd Community Development Initiatives Director, Sr Gracy, Sub-site Director of CHALICE<\/a> Child and Community and Child Sponsorship Programme, and partners-in-mission working at the Good Shepherd Convent were involved in the launch of a new poster campaign<\/strong> on June 11.<\/p>\n

\"\"These posters have been displayed in public buildings and areas in and around Amaravathi to raise awareness<\/strong> among the general public on the issue of child labor and the role they can play in preventing it.<\/p>\n

Even despite strict laws in India that make child labor a crime, it remains prevalent due to a lack of awareness among poverty-stricken families and unethical employers. However, we were very happy to see that parents \u2013 despite whatever financial difficulties they face \u2013 understand the importance of education<\/strong> for their children.<\/p>\n

The number of girls enrolled at school has never been so high. We must strengthen this spirit and ensure that the rights for the protection<\/strong>, development<\/strong>, et participation of children<\/strong> must be ensured at all costs and at all levels.<\/p>\n

Responding to the theme of this year\u2019s World Day Against Child Labor \u2013 Let\u2019s Act on Our Commitments: End Child Labor!<\/em> \u2013 we must all become aware of our duty to work for the rights of children and be committed to ensuring their wellbeing and safeguarding.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mr A. John Aruldass and Mr Nuthakki Dileep Kumar, Partners-in-Mission, Good Shepherd Convent, Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh, India (Province of Central East India and Nepal) To mark the World Day Against Child Labor on June 12, and as a part of the Congregation\u2019s ongoing campaign against child labor \u2013 which remains prevalent in the region […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-ministries-and-programs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Main_ed-1-1-scaled-e1719412983194.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9509"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9550,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509\/revisions\/9550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.olcgs.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}