Child Labor - International

US Department of Labor awards nearly $20 million to combat exploitive child labor in Bolivia, Egypt and Jordan

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced nearly $20 million in grants awarded to

A dozen nations added to U.S. Government child, forced labor list (AP)

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department is adding a dozen countries to the list of nations that use

U.S. DOL Proposes Revisions to List of Products Made from Forced or Indentured Child Labor

Initial Determination Proposing Revisions to the EO 13126 List On December 15, 2010 the Department

Nearly 1 million children work full time in Bolivia’s tin mines, in cemeteries, on buses, or in the markets.

BY HELEN COSTER (International Reporting Project & Foreign Policy | NOVEMBER 18, 2010 POTOSÍ,

Child Labor in Brazil, an Overview Article

Press Release: Council on Hemispheric Affairs Made in Brazil: Confronting Child Labor by COHA

The US Blinks, and Children Will Suffer

[Blog, originally from the Huffington Post] Jo Becker Children’s Rights Advocacy Director, Human

Harvard Crimson Editorial Board: Reject Those Who Exploit Children (op-ed)

[A recent editorial regarding the Obama Administration’s military aid policies] Reject those

Romeo Dallaire was in Vancouver on Remembrance Day to call Canadian youth to duty in the fight to eradicate child soldiers.

[Dallaire is a former Canadian senator and a a retired general, who tried to stop the Rwandan

Friendship week urges vendors to give up child labour

Reprinted from The Times of India Kalyani Sardesai, TNN, Nov 11, 2010, 04.48am IST PUNE: Volunteers