Child Labor News
Here you can find news articles from the US and around the world concerning Child Labor.
Burundi: Substantial attention and resources on integration of child soldiers but rigorous evaluations are rare – BioMed Central
Substantial attention and resources are aimed at the reintegration of child soldiers, yet rigorous evaluations are rare.
www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/905?utm…utm…
USA-PA: A children’s treasury of end-of-session bill signings, including repeal and replace child labor law – MorningCall.com
House Bill 1548 – Regulates child labor, repealing and replacing the former Child Labor Law in its entirety. House Bill 1616 – Amends Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) adding a new chapter to the current Business Corporation Law …
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Medellin girls used as ‘sexual merchandise.’
Child trafficking and sexual exploitation is spiraling out of control in Colombia’s second-biggest city Medellin with young girls being used as “sexual merchandise”, according to a local politician. Luis Bernardo Montoya, a social worker and city …
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USA-PA: New child labor rules sent to Gov. Corbett’s desk – The Mercury
HARRISBURG (AP) — A bill to revamp employment rules for children, particularly those working in entertainment, is on its way to the desk of Gov. Tom Corbett.
www.pottsmerc.com/…/new-child-labor-rules-sent-to-gov-cor…
Islamists in Mali recruit, pay for child soldiers
By BABA AHMED, Associated Press – Oct 3, 2012. MOPTI, Mali (AP) — Salif Haidara sat drinking tea on the side of the road with other weary bus passengers when a man with a turban and a long beard approached them: Did they want to become holy …
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France: French NGOs raise child trafficking concerns – Press TV
| French NGOs are raising an awareness campaign to fight against child trafficking. According to various estimates, 15000 minors and adults are trafficked in and out of the country and are often sold into forced labour or prostitution. Around the world … See all stories on this topic » |
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USA-NY: Investors Applaud Hershey’s Vow To Source 100% Certified Cocoa By 2020 – Sacramento Bee
NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2012 — Move to certify entire product line seen as significant step to eradicate trafficking and forced child labor on cocoa farms and plantations. NEW YORK … Said Chris Meyer of Praxis Mutual Funds and co-convener of the Hershey …
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Global: Applications being accepted for Fall 2012 Emily Grants – IIECL
If you are a young person, teacher, school or NGO working with children and/or youth and need a small amount of funds to support a project idea to help end exploitative child labor, we want to hear your ideas. In collaboration with the Emily Sandall Foundation, ECL will be awarding 10 Emily grants in the fall of 2012. Applications are due by midnight November 11, 2012. The theme for this round of grants is to support research and information gathering, documented by photos or video on worst forms of child labor that exists in local communities that are tied to products being consumed domestically or for export. Click here to read more…
