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CHILD LABOR COALITION PRESS RELEASE: Child Labor Coalition decries shooting of 14-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan

For immediate release: October 12, 2012 Contact: Reid Maki, (202) 207-2820, reidm@nclnet.org
Fri Oct 12 2012

Human Rights Watch’s Zama Coursen-Neff on The Hidden Victims of Tobacco

The smoking habits of the presidential candidates keep coming up: Barack Obama’s efforts to
Thu Oct 4 2012

Raise the Bar, Hershey! Campaign Welcomes Hershey’s Announcement to Source 100% Certified Cocoa by 2020

[News from the Raise the Bar, Hershey! Campaign:] Coalition urges Hershey and all chocolate
Thu Oct 4 2012

Ivory Coast

According to a Tulane University study, 40 per cent of the 820,000 children working in cocoa in
Thu Oct 4 2012

Changes to USDOL’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor by Country (2012)

Among the changes in this year’s 2012 update,  the U.S. Department of Labor’s List of Good
Wed Sep 26 2012

Philippines

In the Philippines, an estimated 246,000 children experience abuse, violence and child labor living
Tue Sep 25 2012

Rwanda: Northern Province Records High Levels of Child Labor

By Bosco R. Asiimwe, 24 July 2012 [from AllAfrica.com] As the government moves to eliminate the use
Fri Sep 14 2012

Burma/Myanmar Releases 42 Child Soldiers, Vows to End Practice

September 05, 2012 [from Voice of America] The Burmese military has released 42 child soldiers from
Thu Sep 6 2012

Samsung to review 250 Chinese suppliers for labor violations

SEOUL | Tue Sep 4, 2012 4:28am IST (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it would
Tue Sep 4 2012

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