Child Labor - International

CLC Member Jo Becker of Human Rights Watch: Will the US Be the Last Country to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child?

  As the children’s rights advocate for Human Rights Watch, one of the questions I’m asked

CLC Co-Chair Dr. Lorretta Johnson’s Plenary Speech at the Brazil Child Labor Conference

Dr. Johnson (far right) pictured here with CLC members Jackie Starr, Norma Flores Lopez, Judy

CHILD LABOR IN DOMESTIC WORK

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

CLC Member Human Rights Watch Press Release: Tanzania — Hazardous Life of Child Gold Miners

For Immediate Release Tanzania: Hazardous Life of Child Gold Miners Government, World Bank, Donors

Niger’s Wahayu Endure Domestic and Sexual Enslavement

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

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

AFT News Release: AFT and Jamaica Teachers’ Association Launch Anti-Trafficking Project

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica—As the number of reported cases of child trafficking increases exponentially

Safe Foreign Travels: Learn about the Dangers of Human Trafficking

International travel allows you to experience different cultures, but vacations that are meant to

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