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Child Labor Coalition Announces Top 10 Child Labor Stories of 2011

List Points to Some of 2012’s Child Labor Priorities Washington, DC—Advocates from the Child

Fri Jan 13 2012

DOL on its Proposed Child-Safety Rules for U.S. Agriculture

In September 2011, the Department of Labor proposed a rule to increase protections for workers age

Fri Jan 6 2012

Rick Montgomery Kansas City Star Response

Rick Montgomery’s January 2nd piece, “Proposed Changes to Child Labor Law Could Affect Life

Thu Jan 5 2012

Victoria’s Secret Revealed in Child Picking Burkina Faso Cotton

By Cam Simpson – Dec 15, 2011 Bloomberg Markets Magazine Clarisse Kambire’s nightmare

Fri Dec 16 2011

New Law in Chile Targets Street Beggars

WRITTEN BY STEVE SHEA [The Santiago Times, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011] Parents who exploit children could

Tue Nov 8 2011

Cambodia

In Cambodia, 52 per cent of children aged between seven and 14 work—over 1.4 million

Thu Nov 3 2011

Uzbekistan: EU Parliamentarians Reject Textile Deal With Uzbekistan

October 5, 2011 – 3:06pm, by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick [Source: EurasiaNet.org] European

Thu Oct 6 2011

Peru sex slavery: Police free 300 women, including minors, in Amazon

[Source BBC News Oct. 4, 2011] More than 400 police took part in the three-day operation Police in

Thu Oct 6 2011

Child slavery bust in Vietnam

[from AFP, September 30, 2011 4:52PM] TWENTY three children and young adults rescued from slave

Tue Oct 4 2011

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