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Op-ed: Combating Child Labor in Global Supply Chains

Op-ed: Combating Child Labor in Global Supply Chains

Op-ed by KAILASH SATYARTHI for Project Syndicate
 

According to the OECD, 28-43% of the child labor that is estimated to contribute to exports does so indirectly, through preceding links in supply chains (such as extraction of raw materials or agriculture). But with a holistic approach that engages governments,

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2019 in Review

2019 in Review

Dear Members and Supporters,
As we bid goodbye to 2019 and enter into the new year of 2020, we are not only celebrating our achievements but are also keeping the grave challenge of ending child labour by 2025 in sight.Warm season’s greetings from Global March Against Child Labour!
2019 was

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Ferrero: Stop child labour!

Ferrero: Stop child labour!

To: Ferrero International S.A., its Executive Director, Giovanni Ferrero, and CEO, Lapo Civiletti; and Ferrero Hazelnut Company and Marco Gonçalves, CEO of Ferrero Hazelnut Company
Petition
Our investigation published in the Guardian reveals that Nutella, Kinder Bueno and Ferrero-Rocher contain hazelnuts that may have been picked by children, exploited in

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Ferrero Rocher chocolates may be tainted by child labour

Ferrero Rocher chocolates may be tainted by child labour

The hazelnuts inside millions of Ferrero Rocher chocolates sold across Europe this Christmas may have been picked by children working in farms in Turkey, according to human rights campaigners.
Ferrero, the world’s third largest chocolate company, is struggling to address concerns that multiple farms where it sources hazelnuts for its chocolate

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Child Rights Club Members Stand for Child Rights in Tanzania

Child Rights Club Members Stand for Child Rights in Tanzania

On 4 November 2019, Global March Against Child Labour staff and Anglophone Regional Coordinator and Board Member, visited the Kibangu English Medium School in Dar Es Salaam and interacted with the  Child Rights Club members established at the school level with the support of Global March’s member, ANPPCAN Tanzania.
The

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Experience Sharing Workshop for East African Members Organised

Experience Sharing Workshop for East African Members Organised

On 5-7 November 2019, Global March Against Child Labour in collaboration with ANPPCAN Tanzania organised  a capacity building and experience sharing workshop for its East African Global March members in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.  The workshop saw participation from 6 members of trade unions and child rights organisations from Kenya,

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30 years gone, so is my childhood, but hope is still alive

30 years gone, so is my childhood, but hope is still alive

A letter from a former child labourer
Dear leaders of the world,
I am told that I was born in 1989, the same year when the world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). I have been

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