A Child Protection and Development Unit was established at Jaffna Teaching Hospital by CCH. Through this help-desk, child abuse cases can be reported and children and women who are in distress can have their immediate needs met. Under this project, a legal desk was also established for providing free legal […]
Observance of Child Rights Week at National & Local Levels
For the last 16 years, BSAF has been organising Child Rights Week at the national and district levels in Bangladesh. The Child Rights Week is commemorated every year with a variety of events in which a huge number of children participate. This year the Government of Bangladesh declared 05 October […]
SAN ORGANISES VIRTUAL PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON FORCED LABOUR IN NEPAL
Swatantra Abhiyan Nepal (SAN) organised a virtual ‘Parliamentary Forum to End Forced Labour’ on 27 August 2020, to promote parliamentary efforts to address forced labour through ratification of ILO Convention 29 and other policy measures. The virtual event saw participation from 24 representatives from the Nepal government, 3 trade unions […]
CCH FORMS ‘SMILE CIRCLES’ FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN SRI LANKA
CCH facilitated a 12 week ‘Smile Circles’ programme aimed at restoring child rights by promoting children’s participation in six villages of Jaffna, Columbo and Mullaiththivu districts in Sri Lanka, using a ‘Smile Circle Activities Guidebook’ for the facilitators. From July to September 2020, over 150 children participated and helped identify […]
SAN Organises Orientation Workshop with Local Leaders on “Child Labour Free Muncipalities”
On November 11, 2020, Swatantrata Abhiyan Nepal organised a virtual meeting with 20 local government leaders of Kathmandu in coordination with Kathmandu District Coordination Committee (DCC). Mr. Sujan Jojiju, Under Secretary of Ministry of Labour Employment and Social Security, oriented local leaders on child labour, child rights and protection, impact […]
Ghana Union Fights Child Labor in Cocoa Production
This new video Ghana Union Fights Child Labor in Cocoa Production, is produced by the General Agricultural Workers’ Union of Ghana (GAWU) with support from the Solidarity Center. The video documents how GAWU is using the collective power of its 30,000 cocoa farmer members and their families, together with their communities, school authorities, […]
BSAF IN BANGLADESH CONSTITUTES COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION GROUPS FOR CHILD PROTECTION
From July 2020 onward, a total of 26 intervention group meetings were organised by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) and its local partners, Manob Unnayan Kendra (MUK), Nari- o- Shishu Kallayan Sangstha (NSKS) and Ladies Organization for Social Welfare (LOFS) with the 525 local community members, who will further assist […]
Child marriage and child labour: Slavery is not dead in sugarcane
Originally published on Counterview.org In August 2020, Global March Against Child Labour released an evidence-based report, providing an overview of the situation of child labour with a gender lens in sugarcane harvesting in India. The report highlights that children are pushed into hazardous child labour due to structural poverty among harvesters, […]
People Serving Girls At Risk (PSGR), Malawi
From August 1 to October 31, 2020, PSGR implemented a project titled “Advocacy on Child Labour Issues Under COVID-19 Towards Achieving SDG Target 8.7 in Malawi”. This was an advocacy project conducted with the aim of engaging and advocating political leadership to prioritise child labour in COVID-19 response towards realization […]
COVID-19 and Child Labour Survey Results Report
In June 2020, Global March Against Child Labour launched a survey called “COVID-19 and Child Labour Survey” asking its active civil society members in Africa, Asia and Latin America about their biggest concerns and challenges in their fight against child labour amidst the COVID-19 crisis. 40 Civil society organisations from […]