Campaigns
BBA has led the largest civil society initiative in the world against child labour in the form of the Global March Against Child Labour in 1998, leading to ILO Convention 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour.
One of the recent campaigns of BBA include:
Child Labour Free India Campaign: for an amendment in Child Labour( Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 for total abolition on child labour till the age of 14 yrs., in line with ILO Convention 138.
1,05,367 people signed the online petition to fight against child labour; 65 Members of Parliament signed on for the amendment in law;
Celebrities like Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Boman Irani, Nandita Das & Deepti Naval along with eminent cricketor, Adam Gilcrist joined the campaign by requesting the masses to fight child labour
INDIAN GOVT. HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO MAKE A CHILD LABOUR ABOLITION ACT, AS A RESULT OF CHILD LABOUR FREE CAMPAIGN.
Right to Education Campaign:
In 2001, BBA had led the campaign demanding Fundamental Right to Education, with over 180 Members of Parliament and a 15,000 Km. long march across the country, resulting in a constitutional amendment and the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.
Child Domestic Labour campaign'''
6487 Letters sent to all judges in High Court, Supreme Court, Education department, social welfare department, Commissions, members Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha etc. to create awareness 16140 Stickers pasted in total 320 villages and RWAs across the country. In Delhi, 225 Resident Welfare Associations pledged to make their home child labour free
'Mukti Caravan (campaign against child trafficking for forced labour)'
Covered 158 villages in UP, Bihar, Delhi and Rajasthan 750 street plays, approx. 3500 wall writings, rallies,Public Vigilance Committees 70 formed, 250 schools reached Follow up of 137 child labourers, 2 child marriages stopped Complaint received- 350 approx
Missing Children Campaign
Biggest ever research undertaken on missing children, resulting in Supreme Court issuing notice to all states and union territories on missing children.
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