Misery goes on for India child workers

Shanta looks like any other six-year-old, except there is an open wound on her head, her hands are swollen, chapped and grey and she can barely walk. She is the youngest of the three little girls aged six to 13 years who were rescued last month from Faridabad in the state of Haryana. Badly beaten and bruised, the girls all worked as domestic helps just a few miles away from India's capital, Delhi. In October, the government enacted a law banning children under 14 from working as domestic servants, at teashops, food stalls,...

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