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Child Focussed Questions in Parliament in 2012
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2013
One third of the population of India are children below the age of 18 years. They are citizens of this country. Even …
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Child Work and Schooling in Rural North India: What do Time Use Data Say about Tradeoffs and Drivers of Human Capital Investment?
Narayanan, Sudha; Dhanraj, Sowmya - eSocialSciences - 2013
rural north India to understand the tradeoffs between time spent in school, time spent at work, time spent on home study and …
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A Better Childhood: Case Studies onChild Labour
Lee, Theodora - eSocialSciences - 2008
Child labour is seen in every corner of the street in India, they are everywhere, they are visible. It is a very … complex socio -economic problem and it definitely will be a burden of the growth of India. There are many NGOs in India …
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Twenty Years of CRC: A Balance Sheet- Volume 1
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2011
The report is a rich source with qualitative and quantitative data on the status of children in India from authentic …
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Can these Policies Change their Life?
Sen, Anwesha - eSocialSciences - 2011
Women who come into the stream of domestic workers are poorly educated and do not know their rights. It is necessary that these women know about their rights. Even after reading the policies some questions remain: can these policies change their lives? Will they be able to lead a decent life?
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].
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On the Random Distribution of Educational Deprivation of Children in India
Venkatnarayana, M. - eSocialSciences - 2007
from the given magnitude of educationally deprived children all around the world. On this premise, this is an attempt at … India. This exercise provides a detailed exposition of the household characteristics of the deprived children based on … India is due to socio-economic deprivation in general; however, it remains debatable but whether the remedy lies in making …
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Child Labour in Kerala's Coir Industry-Study of Few Selected Villages
Gulati, Leela - eSocialSciences - 2008
The objective of this study is to report on the extent and nature of involvement of children in the coir industry. For this purpose, it was decided to study only those operations of the industry in which children were found to be involded in significant numbers on tlie basis of actual...
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Are Gender Differentials in Educational Capabilities Mediated through Institutions of Caste and Religion in India?
Unni, Jeemol - eSocialSciences - 2009
In this paper, with empirical data, the Capabilities Approach to identify 'conversion factors' that are not typically addressed in the utility approach is used. The two approaches are juxtaposed to examine how institutions such as caste and religion mediate access and returns to education of men...
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India’s 2012 UPR Examination: No Commitment on Enhancing Human Rights but a Mountain to Climb
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2012
States from all the Regional Groups of the United Nations, analyses the responses of the Government of India and impact of … the UPR on India. [ACHR Report]. URL:[http://www.achrweb.org/UN/HRC/IndiaUPR2012.pdf]. …
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