Question

"Bachpan Bachao Andolan" is an organisation that fights against
1. Child labour
2. Bonded labour
3. Child marriage
4. Poverty

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Child labour

The correct answer is Child labour.

• The Bachpan Bachao Andolan is an Indian movement that advocates for children's rights.
• Mr Kailash Satyarthi, a Nobel Laureate, founded it in 1980. Its main goals have been to eradicate bonded labour, child labour, and human trafficking, as well as to demand that all children have access to education.
• It has so far allowed more than 88,000 children, including bonded labourers, to be released from servitude and reintegrated, rehabilitated, and educated.
• "To develop a child-friendly society where all children are free from exploitation and receive a free and excellent education," said Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA).
• Mr Kailash Satyarthi, the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, founded BBA in 1980 after being outraged by the tragedy of child trafficking in South Asia.
• For years, child labour has been socially tolerated and commonly practised in the region, as a necessary consequence of poverty.
• BBA was the first organisation in India to raise awareness about the issue, which led to the formation of the South Asian Coalition against Child Servitude (SACCS).