Asia

A child’s height was measured after he was rescued from garment factory labor in New Delhi in June. Labor laws affecting children are often not enforced, due to corruption, one of several ways in which corruption diminishes poor childrens’ lives. Photo: Kevin Frayer/Associated Press

How corruption affects the poor children of India

by Sonia Faleiero New York Times September 15, 2012

MEENA DEVI is only 10 years old, but she’s the head of her household. She cooks, cleans and takes care of her 11-year-old brother, Sunil, while a 14-year-old brother, Anil, works at a faraway brick kiln in a neighboring state. The three have been o...

Asia’s Economic Crisis

by September 7, 2012

There is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to explaining the cause of the economic meltdown that has many Asian countries in its grip. On the global level, the economic policies espoused by the United States, the World Trade Organization (WT...

30% of children in southern Afghanistan malnourished, report says

by Emma Graham-Harrison The Guardian September 4, 2012

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10-year-old Meena Devi, right, and her older brother Sunil, 11, outside their hut in Jhanwatola village, Bihar.  Photo: Sonia Faleiro for The New York Times

Survival without adult supervision: stark reality in rural Bihar

by Sonia Faleiero New York Times August 25, 2012

Meena Devi is unlike any little girl you will ever meet. In many ways, she isn’t even a child. The afternoon we met, she’d cooked lunch for herself and her older brother. “I made dal bhat tarkari,” she said proudly, referring to a local dish ...

After 14 years, Philippines moves forward with bill to improve contraceptive access

by Floyd Whaley New York Times August 6, 2012

MANILA — Despite opposition from the powerful Roman Catholic Church, a bill that would mandate sex education in schools and subsidize contraceptives moved ahead on Monday after being stalled in the Philippine Congress for 14 years....

An anti-child labour activist struggles to rescue a young boy during an operation targeting child traffickers. Up to 200,000 children a year fall into the hands of slave traders in India, many sold by their poverty-stricken parents for as little as £11. Now a group of activists has set out to rescue them from a life in the sweatshops of Delhi. Photo:Chamberlain/Guardian

Activists in India attempt to rescue children from being sold into slavery

by Gethin Chamberlain The Guardian (UK) August 4, 2012

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