Notes from Archie Law, CEO of ActionAid Australia
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It’s hard to believe some supermarkets still source their products from factories that underpay their workers and subject them to horrifying working conditions.
Mercy (not pictured), is one of 500,000 women processing cashew nuts for a living in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India. These women often suffer from dermatitis, blistering and skin discolouration from shelling nuts.
“I get headaches; I get dizziness and vomiting from breathing in the smoke” says Mercy
Tags: actionaid, Exploitation, India, social justice, women's rights
For children living in poverty or violence in India, running away can seem the only way out – but they often find themselves even worse off. Many end up living on railway platforms around the country.
A young boy seeks shelter on a railway platform in Bhopal, India.
Tags: actionaid, Child Poverty, India
Manju Bai works with manual scavenging in the village Akyia Dev in Madhya Pradesh in India. She is part of the Garima Campaign, but not yet liberated.
PHOTO: FIROZ AHMAN FIROZ/ACTIONAID
Tags: actionaid, India, women's rights
