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Children at Work

While many children are now enjoying summer holidays from school, others are toiling away in sweatshops. Amid the Great Recession, more parents may be pulling their children out of school and putting them to work to supplement family income.

BY PREETI AROON | JUNE 25, 2009

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Shoe crew: A boy works at a shoe workshop in New Delhi on June 12, which was World Day Against Child Labor. Activists from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, along with local authorities, rescued 46 children ages 7 to 14. Children reported toiling 12 to 13 hours daily and being beaten. A 13-year-old girl said her father gave her up after being threatened by a moneylender. Other places where Indian children work are restaurants and roadside food stalls. Families also employ children as maids. Child domestic work can only end if India succeeds in making it "socially and culturally unacceptable," Save the Children's manager for India told Time.

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