child labor
Nigeria: Rehabilitating Victims of Human Trafficking, Child Labor
28 August 2012 [from AllAfrica.com] Linda Eroke writes on efforts by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Department for Equal Opportunities (DEO), Italy to rehabilitate victims of human trafficking and child labour All over the world, trafficking in human beings has been recognised as not only a serious crime, but an abuse of [...]
Indian Advocates Find Lots of Children Working in Cotton
Bindu Shajan Perappadan [from The Hindu, 2012] Gross violation: NCPCR members found child labourers in large numbers in Bt cotton fields in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The latest NCPCR survey report reveals large-scale child labour in Bt cotton production; asks stakeholders to prepare an action plan to eliminate it Forced to work for [...]
The Rock-Mining Children of Sierra Leone Have Not Found Peace
The Atlantic By Greg Campbell Though the war has ended, Charles Taylor has been sentenced, and mineral companies are thriving, the poor of this West African country are little better off. ADONKIA, Sierra Leone — Ten years after the end of Sierra Leone’s bloody civil war over control of its diamond fields, children as young [...]
Moroccans Employ More Than 30,000 Child Maids
AFP | [The Jordan Times] RABAT — More than 30,000 children under the age of 15 are employed in Morocco as domestic servants, according to figures released Tuesday by the planning ministry. A law banning this practice was drawn up by the previous government but has still not been passed by parliament. During a [...]
DR Congo: Hoping for a Brighter Future
By Christian Kilundu [from World Vision—A CLC member] He was in primary school when he first met the rebels. They arrived and promised big salaries. The poverty and insecurity the children lived in could be escaped, they swore. Of course, once inside the rebel group, life wasn’t as it was promised. In the eastern part [...]
