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Rajasthani Women Labourers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Yesterday, the world observed International Women\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Women are facing many issues over the world, specially in countries like India.\u00a0 The issues that a working woman faces in the urban places is quite a bit, but the issues that the rural or slum mothers face often puts them in situations where they end up making decisions that no one in the right mind would like to make.\u00a0 But such is the survival pressure that they have little choices in front of them!<\/p>\n

In Rajasthan for example, women working in mining and stone crushing units often use opium to keep their kids quiet while they work.\u00a0 The impact of this is for the entire lifetime of the child!\u00a0 An entire generation of addicts<\/a> is being raised there.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany women bring their infants to the work site if they have no other childcare arrangement. It is not uncommon for mothers to give their infants opium to keep them quiet while they are working. Thus, addiction starts early and becomes a way of life,\u201d the report said, which was prepared by VAAGDHARA (Voluntary Association of Agriculture General Development, Health and Reconstruction Alliance) and Plan India.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is pretty easy to judge such acts by a mother, but it is a resultant of ignorance of the impact and little options available to them.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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