Agriculture

Governments Look to End Child Labor in West African Cocoa Farming

Malian children demonstrate against child labor in Sikasso, Mali. Sikasso is the point of departure

Thu Oct 7 2010

U.S. Department of Labor and Chocolate industry commit $17 million to combat child labor in West Africa

Tue Oct 5 2010

Kenyan Boys earns 1 cent per goat delivered

Child labor is illegal in Kenya, but police rarely target business owners for hiring children in

Mon Oct 4 2010

Silk’s dark side: Uzbek kids made to grow cocoons

By MANSUR MIROVALEV (AP) – August 30, 2010 KOKAND, Uzbekistan — For one month a year, from

Mon Aug 30 2010

HRW: Fingers to the Bone–Child Farmworkers in the United States

Mon Aug 2 2010

HRW: Veggies Gone Wild for CARE Act

Mon Aug 2 2010

Human Rights Watch Report Exposes “Fields of Peril”

Fields of Peril Child Labor in US Agriculture May 5, 2010 In this 99-page report Human Rights Watch

Thu Jul 29 2010

Senator Harkin Draws Attention to Child Labor in Uzbekistan with Resolution

S.RES.99 Title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Uzbekistan

Fri Jul 23 2010

Kazakhstan: Children Help Harvest Tobacco for Phillip Morris Cigarettes

From the NY Times: July 13, 2010 Philip Morris Is Said to Benefit From Child Labor By ANDREW E.

Tue Jul 13 2010

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