child labour
Coverage of child labour in the Nexus archive.
- Guilty until proven innocent: Pakistan's textile trade on trial
The article discusses how European lawmakers often unfairly label Pakistan's textile industry as complicit in labor abuses without sufficient evidence, despite the sector's formal regulations and compliance mechanisms. It highlights that child labor in Pakistan exists primarily in informal sectors, not in regulated export factories, and cites data showing minimal non-compliance rates in wages and overtime payments.
- Malkajgiri Police rescue 648 minors from child labour, arrest 205 employers in July as part of Operation Muskaan
Malkajgiri Police rescued 648 minors from child labour and arrested 205 employers in July as part of Operation Muskaan. The operation targeted illegal employment of children and enforcement against violators.
- Police rescue nine children, arrest suspected traffickers in Niger
Police in Niger rescued nine children and arrested suspected traffickers who allegedly promised parents education for the children but admitted they were being taken for domestic work and child labour.
- Operation Muskaan must go beyond rescue drives to tackle child labour, says Telangana child rights commission
The Telangana child rights commission criticizes Operation Muskaan's predictable rescue drives, weak rehabilitation, and poor legal follow-up for allowing rescued children to return to child labor. The commission calls for year-round inspections to address these issues.