In January 2013, this 17-year-old boy was learning to be a tailor. Many teenagers rescued from the worst forms of child labor are too old to restart mainstream education, but they can benefit from vocational skills training so that they can be self-sufficient adults. Shown here, India runs shelters for runaway, abused, neglected, and sexually exploited children.

First published in the June 07, 2019, 9:13 p.m. edition

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