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CHILD LABOR COALITION PRESS RELEASE: Advocates join Nobel Laureate Satyarthi in plea to President to ratify UN Convention on Rights of the Child

For immediate release: June 13, 2016 Contact: Reid Maki, Child Labor Coalition, (202) 207-2820,

Mon Jun 13 2016

NCL’s 2016 Five Most Dangerous Jobs For Teens

The National Consumers League’s annual guide to help working teens stay safe in the workplace

Fri Jun 3 2016

A Better Brick: Addressing Child Labor in Nepal’s Brick-Making Industry

By Deborah Andrews Prior to the April 2015 earthquake, Nepal was in the midst

Fri May 6 2016

46 Groups Ask Congressional Appropriators to Fully Fund USDOL’s Child Labor Program

May 3, 2016 [This letter in support of ILAB funding was recently sent to appropriators Senator Roy

Fri May 6 2016

When is it okay for children to work? CLC-member Human Rights Watch letter on the minimum age of employment

[Human Rights Watch (HRW) released this letter on April 4th, 2016. You may view it on the HRW web

Tue Apr 5 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

Technology in the Fight Against Trafficking: Tracking Criminals and Helping Victims

By Mary Donovan, CLC Contributing Writer From mobile phones to big data analytics, technology can

Wed Jan 27 2016

10 Facts about Child Soldiers…

How do you define a ‘child soldier’? The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child (1990) defined

Wed Jan 20 2016

The Top 10 Child Labor Stories of 2015

by Sally Greenberg Executive Director, National Consumers League and Co-chair of the Child Labor