News & Resources

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

Fri Nov 12 2010

Longoria and Colbert Highlight the Plight of Farmworker Adults and Children

America’s farmworkers are mostly invisible these days. The men, women, and children who pick our

Tue Nov 9 2010

The US Blinks, and Children Will Suffer (Blog by Jo Becker from Human Rights Watch)

Check out this blog from Jo Becker, the Children’s Rights Advocacy Director at Human Rights

Tue Nov 9 2010

Clinton: U.S. to Do More to End Sexual Slavery

To read this article at the Dailyrecord.com, please click here. SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) —

Mon Nov 8 2010

US Waives Child Soldier Penalties in 4 Nations

By AP / Kristen Gelineau (WASHINGTON) — In a move criticized by human rights organizations, the

Thu Oct 28 2010

Don’t be tricked by Halloween treats

[from STLToday.com:] Read the original article here. By Charita L. Castro and Jialan Wang |

Thu Oct 28 2010

Convention on the Rights of the Child

193 countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The United States has

Tue Oct 26 2010

New Attention Given to Child Cocoa Workers in Ivory Coast and Ghana

25 October 2010 Children living in a cocoa-producing village near the town of Oume, Ivory Coast

Mon Oct 25 2010

Interesting Sites

Some interesting web sites on child labor, child trafficking, and safe work for youth [please check