400 million of India’s populations are between 0-18 years old. Life for most children in India is very hard. About 62 million children are under the age of five and are malnourished. This is about half of the children in India. 34 percent of newborns in India are significantly underweight. India accounts for 20 percent of the world’s children out of school; it has the largest numbers of working children in the world, third of children below 16 years of age are working. There is a lot of gender discrimination in India and girls' chances of survival are worst than compared with boys. Boys are viewed as more permanent members of the family and ongoing gender discrimination has lead to lower rates of school attendance among girls and less exposure to the outside world, with more emphasis on domestic work.
International Childhood Poverty
INDIA
400 million of India’s populations are between 0-18 years old. Life for most children in India is very hard. About 62 million children are under the age of five and are malnourished. This is about half of the children in India. 34 percent of newborns in India are significantly underweight. India accounts for 20 percent of the world’s children out of school; it has the largest numbers of working children in the world, third of children below 16 years of age are working. There is a lot of gender discrimination in India and girls' chances of survival are worst than compared with boys. Boys are viewed as more permanent members of the family and ongoing gender discrimination has lead to lower rates of school attendance among girls and less exposure to the outside world, with more emphasis on domestic work.
400 million of India’s populations are between 0-18 years old. Life for most children in India is very hard. About 62 million children are under the age of five and are malnourished. This is about half of the children in India. 34 percent of newborns in India are significantly underweight. India accounts for 20 percent of the world’s children out of school; it has the largest numbers of working children in the world, third of children below 16 years of age are working. There is a lot of gender discrimination in India and girls' chances of survival are worst than compared with boys. Boys are viewed as more permanent members of the family and ongoing gender discrimination has lead to lower rates of school attendance among girls and less exposure to the outside world, with more emphasis on domestic work.
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It's always so sad to hear about children who are malnourished and underweight. Especially when we just sit and think how much food we actually waste within our own households. It's just sad. You had some very interesting information in your post this week. I enjoyed reading your post.
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