Over 30 million children in India between the ages of 6 and 13 won’t start the new academic year (Estimating the Number of out-of-school Children, 2016). Instead, many of those who are out-of-school are forced to work as ragmen, miners and in restaurants. Humanium’s Education Centre project gives children new hope to engage in formal […]
If Uttar Pradesh were a country, it would be the 5th most heavily populated state –as is currently Brazil-, but also one of the poorest. This part of the Indian subcontinent is also one of the most politically unstable due to corruption and clashes between various religious groups and castes. As a consequence, it also […]
In Indian society, women are traditionally discriminated against and excluded from political and family related decisions. Despite the large amount of work women must do on a daily basis to support their families, their opinions are rarely acknowledged and their rights are limited. From the time they are born, young Indian girls are the victims […]
Since the beginning of the 1990s, India has been experiencing spectacular economic growth. Within ten years, it has developed into a global economic power. However, social inequalities still exist and the rift is deepening… India was ranked 134th out of 177 countries included in the Human Development Index in 2005. The nation was classified under […]
As June 12th is the World Day against Child Labour, our organization Humanium would like to recall the issue of child labour in India. 60 million children work in India and 10 million of them work in slavery. The Indian Ministry of Labour’s official figure for total child workers is 12.6 million. According to the […]
India offers a very diversified geographical, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, political, economic and religious panorama. Its cultural heritage has a recorded history for over 4,500 years . Indian landscapes are diverse The total land area of India is 3,3 millions square kilometres where we can find desert areas (in the west), high mountain ranges (in the […]
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