Viewpoints

Ending the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers

By Katarzyna Rybarczyk Around the world children as young as ten years old fight in armed

Fri May 14 2021

Keeping Teens Safe at Work — Tips for Parents, Employers, and Teens”

Tips for parents, employers, and teens: While work plays an important role in the development of

Wed Apr 28 2021

We Remember Iqbal Masih’s Life

Iqbal's rescue was due in no small part to his own guts.

Fri Apr 16 2021

Child Labor’s Prevalence Perception Problem–What the Consumer Surveys Reveal

There are a lot of obstacles to ending child labor that the Child Labor Coalition (CLC) and its

Fri Mar 12 2021

CLC and Several Members Join 100 Organizations in Asking EPA to Immediately Ban the Pesticide Clorpyrifos which Damages Children’s Neurological Systems

March 5, 2021 OPP Docket #

Tue Mar 9 2021

10 Stats about Women and Girls on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2021

Of the 152 million children trapped in child labor, 64 million are girls [source]. 73 million

Mon Mar 8 2021

152 Million Reasons to End Child Labor by year 2025

By CLC-member Timothy Ryan of Solidarity Center By Timothy Ryan* An African proverb says that it

Fri Feb 5 2021

In a Pandemic Year, Some Good News for Children–10 Points of Progress in 2020

By Jo Becker, Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch This year has been

Wed Dec 23 2020

New CLC Press Release: Chocolate Companies Must Do More to Reduce Widespread Child Labor Confirmed by New Report on the West African Cocoa Sector; Due Diligence Legislation is Needed to Fix Supply Chains

Chocolate Companies Must Do More to Reduce Widespread Child Labor Confirmed by New Report on the

Wed Oct 21 2020

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