September 18th, 2018: People around the world have been shocked and repelled by the behavior of the Trump Administration in separating children from their families at our southern border
February 28th, 2018: America’s fields, orchards and farms are toxic places for children; and things could get much worse thanks to recent actions by the Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency led by Administrator Scott Pruitt, an ideologue willing to put business interests ahead of the health and welfare of migrant families and U.S. citizen children that the EPA
December 26th, 2017: Today’s headlines and top hashtags are showing that a powerful movement is building, and its being led by women
August 2nd, 2016: For the first time in more than a year, Democrats and Republicans have begun to speak mistily about the prospects for our children’s future.
July 6th, 2016: If we are to have a government worthy of the America Jimmy Stewart described in his famous role as Senator Jefferson Smith, we’ll need champions in government that will protect those who are the weakest and most vulnerable among us – our children.
June 30th, 2016: “Rose,” 16, never expected to end up living in the streets of Abidjan, sleeping nights under a table in the marketplace and having to sell sex for survival
June 22nd, 2016: He was completely covered in orange dust, from his hair to his toes
April 5th, 2016: We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in response to a January 2016 open letter directed to the Committee regarding child labor and the minimum age of employment
January 20th, 2016: There were plenty of ups and downs in the fight against child labor this year.
December 20th, 2015: In September 2015, Human Rights Watch released a report, “Phillipines: Children Risk Death to Dig and dive for Gold,” exposing the desperate working conditions of many of those involved in the Filipino gold mining industry.
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