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In India's slums, domestic workers' daughters campaign for their rights
By REUTERS
Published: 11:07 GMT, 6 May 2016 | Updated: 11:08 GMT, 6 May 2016
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By Anuradha Nagaraj
CHENNAI, India, May 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Placing their hands on the
shoulders of the person in front, dozens of teenage girls excitedly form a human train and chug around the sparsely furnished community hall in India's southern city of Chennai.
Aged between 12 and 17, the girls - who are drawn from
urban slums across the country - chatter, laugh
and sing songs as the gathering gets underway.
But within minutes a more sombre tone prevails as they settle cross-legged on the floor
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in India's slums.
"To enter my home, I have to negotiate drunk men, lewd language, garbage and filth," said 17-year-old
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area in Mumbai, India's financial capital.
"My mother leaves very early for work and comes back only in the evening. I have to negotiate school and everything else alone and it is difficult in my neighbourhood."
Mandve is one of almost 50 girls - daughters of domestic workers or
former child maids themselves - who gathered in Chennai this week as part
of a nationwide campaign to help curb the abuse of children from low income urban homes.
Such children often live in densely packed slum areas, say activists, where they are at risk of physical and
sexual violence, or exposure to alcohol, drugs and other crimes.
The meagre income of their families, who are already teetering on the brink,
often means a major expense such as medical fees for illness or a sudden debt can compel parents to make their children quit school and take up
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Led by the National Domestic Workers Movement, the campaign aims to help children of informal
sector workers such as maids, nannies and drivers recognise threats
and equip them to better protect themselves.
"The initiative is part of a child rights movement taking shape across the country," said Andrew Sesuraj of the Tamil
Nadu Child Rights Observatory, a Chennai-based charity.
"More than 5,000 children in slums have already been organised into a community and more are joining everyday."
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12.66 million a decade earlier - although activists say
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"Children of domestic workers often drop out of school and end up doing odd jobs themselves," said Christin Mary, coordinator of the National Domestic Workers Movement, which has over three
million members.
"We are seeing a large number of boys working as domestic help now. They are walking the dogs, cleaning the cars and are out of schools just like the girls."
Organisers say the campaign provides a platform for children to confront
sensitive issues ranging from child labour to sexual abuse and will
empower them with information on the laws dedicated for their care
and protection.
Mandve said she joined the campaign because she wanted to know her rights so she could protect herself and other children from abuse.
"Where I live, we need a space to be children. We don't get that easily and being part of this campaign makes me realise how important it is," she said.
(Reporting by Anuradha Nagaraj, Editing by Nita Bhalla; Please credit the Thomson Reuters
Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that
covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking and climate change.
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