When it comes to human beings inflicting pain on children and exploiting them, there certainly should be no tolerance. The history of forced child labor dates back to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution; industrialization came with mass production and circulated throughout the world, influencing one of the largest countries like India. India finds itself a country with millions of children, aged between five and seventeen, forced to work in agriculture, domestic work and, our main focus, in factories. Many foundations and organizations have made it a priority to solve this niche in India; by helping to raise awareness of the horrific conditions and daily struggles these children are facing and giving voice to the issue, this has an impact on children's lives. The Industrial Revolution began in England and spread to France, two very large nations, and gradually to America. In the twentieth century, America began and built factories, taking part in all kinds of businesses, from building ships to making clothes. Children were integrated into these factories primarily because of their size; their small hands and height were very useful when working with machinery. The other reason for their use within these factories was the ability to have control over them, as described by the “Public Education Project on Child Labor”. Slowly but surely Americans began to realize how bad the conditions were and how much the children were affected by the daily work. With the first law passed, the National Labor Committee of 1904, campaigns against sweatshops and an attempt to provide education for children were initiated. In India industrialization did not come so soon, according to "Indian Chil... ... middle of paper ...... working in countries like India, people can express their opinion about it and if a enough people petition to help end child labor, it can make a big difference. You can also avoid brands that have at some point involved children in their making child labor has been present since the 19th century, it can be abolished through greater availability of education Even though there are 12.67 million children working similar to serfs in India right now, everyone can make a difference by promoting. awareness and leading to an end to the suffering of those children. Works CitedAlliance 2015. Alliance 2015. Web. 17 February 2014. University of Iowa Center for Child Labor Public Education Project, 2002. Web. 28 January 2014.Child Line 1098. Child Line India Foundation. Network. February 2, 2014. Indian child. Indianchild.com, 2000. Web. 3 February. 2014.
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