Children And Childhood Across The World

Children and childhood across the world, have been called ‘golden age’ that is synonymous with innocence, freedom, joy and play. It is the time when, one hardly shoulders any kind of responsibility or obligations. But, The fact that children are vulnerable, they need to be cared for and protected from ‘the harshness of the world outside’ and around. Every nation whether developed or developing links its future with the status of the child.If the children are deprived of their childhood-socially, economically, physically and mentally the nation gets deprived of the potential human resources for social progress, economic empowerment,social stability and good citizenry.
According to United-Nations Convention-on-the-Rights-of-the-Child ' which India has ratified, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years . But in India various laws related to children define children in different age limits. The Census of India considers children to be any person below the age of 14. Along with UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,our Indian Constitution and Laws, determine what rights all children must have.
These include:
Right to free and compulsory elementary education for all children in the 6-14 year age group
Right to be protected from any hazardous employment till the age of 14 years
Right to be protected from being abused and forced by economic necessity to enter occupations unsuited to their age or strength
Right to equal opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and guaranteed protection of childhood against exploitation
Besides these, they also have rights as equal citizens of India, just as any other adult male or female:
According to UN convention,The basic human rights cover all civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights of every child. They are:
Right to Survival:
Right to Protection:
Right to Participation:
Right to Development But the issue of Child Rights in