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India Must Ban Child Labor

Gordon Brown | Posted 02.20.2013 | Impact
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Gordon Brown

Pressure is mounting on the Indian Parliament to end child labor after 150,000 Indians signed an abolition petition demanding an immediate change in the child labor laws.

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Akanksha Foundation Wows NYC Crowd

Jim Luce | Posted 12.10.2012 | Impact
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Jim Luce

Recognized as 'NGO of the Year' in 2010 by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Resource Alliance, Akanksha is a Mumbai-based institution providing high-quality education to children from low-income communities in urban India.

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Study: 42 Percent Of Indian Children Under 5 Malnourished

AP | Posted 03.11.2012 | World
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NEW DELHI -- Forty-two percent of children in India younger than 5 are underweight and nearly 60 percent are stunted, a new survey found. The Hunger ...

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India Celebrates Children's Day

Posted 11.14.2011 | World
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Though Universal Children's Day is on November 20 every year, India celebrates it on November 14. This date marks the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru, In...

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India Child Hunger Rates Horrific Even As Economy Grows

New York Times | SOMINI SENGUPTA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Small, sick, listless children have long been India's scourge -- "a national shame," in the words of its prime minister, Manmohan Singh. But even afte...

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