Question raised in Lok Sabha on Child Labour in Hazardous Occupations, 08/07/2019. The details of occupations/industries including processes which are hazardous for child labour are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers, 03/07/2019. Funds to the tune of Rs.

Changes in the economic and natural environment have a significant impact on women wherein they are found to be at a disadvantage due to gender-based discrimination and bias.

Progress for Every Child in the SDG Era, a report released in March 2018, assessed the world’s performance to date, focusing on 44 indicators that directly concern the 2030 Agenda’s most vulnerable constituency: children. This brochure revisits the conclusions of that report, updated with 2018 data for a 2019 perspective.

By the year 2050, there will be some 9.7 billion people living on Earth, says a UN population report. However, the overall growth rate will continue to fall, and more countries will have to adapt to the consequences of an ageing population.

More than a quarter of a billion children better off today than 20 years ago. But one in four children still denied right to a safe and healthy childhood, with children living in or fleeing conflict zones among the most disadvantaged.

The Little Data Book on Gender 2019 illustrates the progress towards gender equality for 217 economies around the world.