{"id":226420,"date":"2023-02-13T20:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=226420"},"modified":"2023-02-20T13:16:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:46:04","slug":"why-the-outrage-at-a-minor-domestic-workers-abuse-is-unlikely-to-change-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-the-outrage-at-a-minor-domestic-workers-abuse-is-unlikely-to-change-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the outrage at a minor domestic worker\u2019s abuse is unlikely to change things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cWhy the outrage at a minor domestic worker\u2019s abuse is unlikely to change things\u201d<\/strong> published in <strong>The Indian Express<\/strong> on <strong>13<sup>th<\/sup>February 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Vulnerable sections of the population<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>&#8211; Issues related to child labor<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; Recently, inhuman treatment was experienced by a minor live-in worker at her employer\u2019s home in Gurgaon.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Domestic work? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to <strong>ILO<\/strong>, domestic work refers to <strong>housework<\/strong> such as sweeping, cleaning utensils, washing clothes, cooking, caring for children and such other work which is carried out for an employer for remuneration.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the problems faced Domestic workers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>They face <strong>multiple forms of violence<\/strong>. It includes physical abuse, intimidation, threats, bullying, sexual assault, harassment, being provided poor-quality food and a lack of privacy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the laws available in India to protect the Minor from Domestic Abuse?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The<strong> Factories Act of 1948<\/strong> sets limits on working hours for children aged 6 to 14. It Requires <strong>parental permission<\/strong> for any work over 8 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Employment of Children (Prohibition) Act of 1973<\/strong> sets similar restrictions on ages 9 to 14. It makes it illegal to employ a child in a<strong> hazardous or dangerous occupation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act of 1986<\/strong> provides special protections for children below the age of 18 who have been involved in criminal activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source- The post is based on the article \u201cWhy the outrage at a minor domestic worker\u2019s abuse is unlikely to change things\u201d published in The Indian Express on 13thFebruary 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Vulnerable sections of the population Relevance&#8211; Issues related to child labor News&#8211; Recently, inhuman treatment was experienced by a minor live-in worker at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-the-outrage-at-a-minor-domestic-workers-abuse-is-unlikely-to-change-things\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why the outrage at a minor domestic worker\u2019s abuse is unlikely to change things<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-226420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700782582,"cached_date":1704812639},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}