Bachpan bachao Andolan, Global March Against Child Labour, Apne Aap Women’s Worldwide along with thousands of their child rights partner organizations have demanded that the provisions of defining and criminalizing trafficking, slavery, forced labour and other forms of sexual exploitation as included in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 must […]
Trafficking in person, forced labour and child labour crimes in the Indian Penal Code
4 February 2013, New Delhi: Global March Against Child Labour lauds the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 promulgated by the President of India’s signature on 3 February 2013, that not only clearly defines and procedures to deter sexual crimes against women, but also in a landmark first step, includes trafficking […]
Liberia buzzes as latest talks on post-2015 development agenda begin
The bunting has been hung, there is a smell of fresh paint at the airport, and posters dotted around Monrovia suggest something big is happening in the city this week. On Tuesday, the technical sessions of the UN high-level panel (HLP), which has until May to come up with a […]
Trafficking of kids must be made a major offence and 5 years imprisonment for employing child labour recommends Justice J S Verma Committee
ew Delhi, 23 January 2013: “Trafficking of kids must be made a major offence,” recommends Justice J S Verma Committee seeking reforms in the criminal justice system for protection of women and children in its recommendations to the Ministry of Home Affairs in India, and inclusion of child labour as […]
15 years of struggle against child labour: Global March Against Child Labour
15 years of struggle against child labour: Global March Against Child Labour 16 January 2013: Basu, a core marcher of the worldwide physical march against child labour organised in 1998 reflects, “I joined the Global March as the youngest core marcher, all of 9 years then. Today, after 15 years, […]
Make your voice count against child labour, child trafficking and slavery this Human Rights Day
10 December 2012 – This year’s theme for Human Right Day is “My Voice Counts”. This day presents an opportunity, every year, to celebrate human rights, highlight a specific issue, and advocate for the full enjoyment of all human rights by everyone everywhere . Today’s urgent issue of child trafficking […]
Bolivia’s child workers unite to end exploitation
Shining shoes, mining and herding animals among the many jobs done by an estimated 750,000 children between five and 17 Rodrigo Medrano Calle is a Bolivian labour leader who meets and lobbies top government officials for his constituency’s rights. That’s not surprising in a country where pay is often low, […]
SPARC sees Children Act 1991 ambiguous
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 – Quetta—The Protection of the Child Rights (SPARC), Tuesday expressing concern over Employment of Children Act 1991 demanded that ambiguities, anomolies and contradictions in the said Act should be rectified. “The Employment of Children Act 1991 has various confusions as it simultaneously bans and regulates child labour.” The National Manager of SPARC, Child Labour Unit, Gulnaz Zahid, in “Training […]
Fire and death of workers in the Bangladeshi Garment Factory raises serious concerns about workers’ rights and safety
In one of the most devastating fire accidents in the history of apparel industry of Bangladesh at least 112 workers are feared killed during the last weekend. This is not the first incident in Bangladesh. Since 2005 over 700 garment workers have been killed in unsafe workplaces. The apparel retailers […]
Gordon Brown celebrates festival of lights with the children at Mukti Ashram
New Delhi: 08th November 2012: Diwali (the festival of lights in India) became brighter for the children of Mukti Ashram (short term rehabilitation centre of Bachpan Bachao Andolan in Delhi) when the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Mr. Gordon Brown visited it last evening. Mr. Brown expressed his […]