EPISODE · Aug 4, 2011 · 26 MIN

India's Working Children

from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011 · host BBC World Service

Nina Robinson reports from India where the booming economy has fuelled a demand for cheap domestic labour. She finds that children are filling the gaps, with evidence of trafficking and youngsters being set to work in households, where they are open to abuse with little hope of ever going to school.

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