India. Working to end child labor
Description
This program examines India's immense child labor problem and the fight against it. The video contrasts this nation's status as the world's largest democracy with the fact that, inside its borders, 80 million children work physically exhausting jobs for minuscule wages. Incorporating interviews with Shanta Sinha, founder of the organization known as MVF, the video illustrates how the group coordinates community action against the exploitation of young people and creates bridge schools that help children with the transition from work to education. It also makes a strong case that child labor increases poverty levels.
Runtime
26 min
Series
Subjects
- Social structure (572)
- Human geography (324)
- Cultural geography (235)
- Comparative government (142)
- International relations (610)
- Social ecology (250)
- Economics (3707)
- Human ecology (350)
- Political anthropology (62)
- International economic relations (341)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2004
Database
Films on Demand
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