Children living below the poverty line came together to raise their voice against child labour.
“If our parents are unable to support us for education and living, the government is obliged to support us with it. We are working and studying at the same time. Ultimately, we fail to excel in both,” says Saranya M., a class X student.
About 500 members of the Child Right Movement expressed their objections to the amendment to the Child Labour Act, 1986 at the Marina.
NGOs from all over the country are stressing why it is important to prevent children below 14 years from working.
“The children help their parents at work after school hours and legalising this work opens the door to promoting child labour. As of now, they are denied the joys of childhood”, argues Sr. Valarmathi, State coordinator, National Domestic Workers’ Movement.
S. Keerthivasan, a newspaper boy testifies, “I am tired after school because I work in the morning. I have just enough time to do my daily chores.
“Play time is something that I never get to experience ”.
About 500 members of the Child Right Movement expressed objection to amendment to the Child Labour Act
