African Countries

Eradicating Child Labor in Supply Chains Requires Binding, Enforceable Standards

[This piece by CLC member Sonia Mistry of the Solidarity Center was first published on June 10th,

Wed Jun 22 2016

10 Facts About the Latest Research on Child Labor in West African Cocoa Growing Areas from Tulane University:

[On July 30, 2015, Tulane University researchers released their latest study — “Survey

Tue Feb 16 2016

Buried Childhoods — Child Labour in Mining and Quarrying

Jestoni* quit school at age 14 in order to take part in small-scale mining as a means to

Wed Aug 19 2015

2014 World Day Against Child Labor Speech by Tom Harkin on the Senate Floor

When children are exploited for the economic gains of others, everybody loses--the children lose,

Thu Jun 19 2014

How Can We End Child Labor In The Fields? Pay Farmers Better

By Beth Hoffman, contributor to Forbes A few weeks ago a request for internal documents from the

Wed Apr 23 2014

CHILD LABOR IN DOMESTIC WORK

By Sharon L. Fawcett, CLC Contributing Writer “I clean the floor many times in a day. When it

Tue Sep 10 2013

Niger’s Wahayu Endure Domestic and Sexual Enslavement

By Sharon L. Fawcett, CLC Contributing Writer Niger’s Tahoua region has a history of enslavement

Tue Aug 27 2013

Ten Facts about Niger’s “Fifth Wives” or WAHAYU

A wahaya (plural: wahayu) or “fifth wife” is a Nigerien girl or woman born into a slave caste

Tue Aug 27 2013

10 Facts about Child Labor in Lake Volta’s Fishing Industry:

In Ghana, one in six children aged 6 to 14 are involved in child labor; 2.3 percent of them work in

Wed Jul 31 2013

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