Viewpoints

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

March 12th, 2021: There are a lot of obstacles to ending child labor that the Child Labor Coalition

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 9th, 2021: The undersigned 101 farmworker, public health, environmental, labor, and faith

Tue Mar 9 2021

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

March 8th, 2022: Of the 152 million children trapped in child labor, 64 million are

Mon Mar 8 2021

152 Million Reasons to End Child Labor by year 2025

February 5th, 2021: An African proverb says that it takes a village to raise a child, but one can

Fri Feb 5 2021

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

December 23rd, 2020: This year has been devastating for children. The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted

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

October 21st, 2020: A new report out this week confirms that the chocolate industry’s deep

Wed Oct 21 2020

COVID and School Closures: Bringing Mental Health to the Forefront

October 12, 2020: October 10th marks World Mental Health

Mon Oct 12 2020

Not So Sweet—Child Labor in Banana Production

September 15th, 2020: Americans eat a lot of

Tue Sep 15 2020

A 14-Year-Old Mulls “The Price of Freedom” and Decides to Engage in the Battle to End Child Labor

August 20th, 2020: It is said that childhood is the best gift given to us by

Thu Aug 20 2020

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