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Representing survivor voices at the Sixth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor (by a young survivor of child labor)

March 11, 2026

March 8, 2026 By Sumitra Basnet There was a time in my life when work filled my days, and school felt out of reach. I entered the carpet industry as a young child because my family could not afford my education. I…

Press Statement: The Child Labor Coalition is Disappointed Over Indiana Governor Braun’s Signing into Law a Bill That Dismantles the State’s Teen Worker Tracking System

March 10, 2026

For immediate release: March 10, 2026 Media contact: National Consumers League/Child Labor Coalition Reid Maki, reidm@nclnet.org, (202) 207-2820 Washington, DC—The Child Labor Coalition (CLC), consisting of 38 organizational…

Progress at Risk as Global Leaders Confront the Ongoing Child Labor Crisis — a Blog by Reid Maki

February 25, 2026

February 12, 2026 By Reid Maki, NCL Director of Child Labor Advocacy & Coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition In Marrakech, Morocco, on Wednesday morning, the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination…

“I Was Losing Pieces of My Childhood:” a Former Child Farmworker Urges Action to End Child Labor in a Speech to Be Remembered

February 25, 2026

By Reid Maki, NCL Director of Child Labor Advocacy & Coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition The recent 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour included high-ranking officials from over 100 governments,…

Holding Corporations Accountable for Child Labor: NCL Endorses New Bipartisan Bill

January 11, 2026

Media Contact: Lisa McDonald, Vice President of Communications, 202-207-2829 Washington, DC – Today, the National Consumers League’s (NCL) Child Labor Coalition (CLC) is proud to support Congresswoman Hillary…

New research suggests the impact of pesticides on the developing brains of child farmworkers in South Africa

December 3, 2025

"Children living in South Africa’s farming regions may be experiencing reduced cognitive performance because of routine exposure to agricultural pesticides, new research has found." via the Mail and Guardian, November …

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Our statement about Indiana's making #childlabor enforcement harder with the passage of a new bill:
https://stopchildlabor.org/the-child-labor-coalition-disappointed-over-indiana-governor-brauns-signing-into-law-a-bill-that-dismantles-the-states-teen-worker-tracking-system/

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A terrific blog from Sumitra Basnet, age 21, a Nepali child labor survivor, who worked 17-hour days in a carpet factory beginning at age 9 before she entered a life-changing @GoodWeave remediation program:

https://goodweave.org/from-survivor-to-advocate-my-journey-to-the-6th-global-conference-on-the-elimination-of-child-labour-in-morocco/

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9 Mar

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a bill ending the state’s Youth Employment System. Businesses will no longer have to track where teens under 18 work or report their employment status. This unfortunate change will make enforcing #childlabor law much more difficult.

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9 Mar

For the 2026 Spring Soirée, we’re proud to honor one of our very own. Reid Maki, NCL’s Director of Child Labor Advocacy and longtime Coordinator of the @ChildLaborCLC, is retiring after 18 years. 🏆

Child labor is rising in the U.S., and 138 million children worldwide are still

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Representing survivor voices at the Sixth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor (by a young survivor of child labor)

Press Statement: The Child Labor Coalition is Disappointed Over Indiana Governor Braun’s Signing into Law a Bill That Dismantles the State’s Teen Worker Tracking System

Progress at Risk as Global Leaders Confront the Ongoing Child Labor Crisis — a Blog by Reid Maki

“I Was Losing Pieces of My Childhood:” a Former Child Farmworker Urges Action to End Child Labor in a Speech to Be Remembered

Holding Corporations Accountable for Child Labor: NCL Endorses New Bipartisan Bill

New research suggests the impact of pesticides on the developing brains of child farmworkers in South Africa

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