January 21, 2014, New Delhi Global March Against Child Labour has for long advocated for amending the anti-child labour law of India. Supporting Global March in this initiative has been its Indian partner organisation Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA). With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour upholding most of the recommendations […]
Global March’s “Not Made by Children” initiative has been covered in the latest Quarterly Bulletin on Business & Children
Global March’s “Not Made by Children” initiative has been covered in the latest Quarterly Bulletin on Business & Children http://beta.globalmarch.org/quarterly-bulletin-business-and-children-dec-2013.pdf
India gets one step closer to a strong anti-child labour law
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour Submits Report on Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 The 13th of December, 2013 marked a significant milestone for child rights organisations in India when the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour submitted its report on the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, […]
Child Labourers cannot wait anymore… Global March in follow-up of Brasilia Declaration
December 13, 2013 The 2nd Global Child Labour Conference at The Hague earlier in 2010 had marked the beginning of a journey towards the elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016. In the backdrop of ILO pegging the number of child labourers at 168 million world over, […]
Global March partner IDEMI (Panama) calls upon the 7 Presidential candidates of the forthcoming elections to include the well-being of children as a priority in their agends
Global March partner IDEMI (Panama) calls upon the 7 Presidential candidates of the forthcoming elections to include the well-being of children as a priority in their agends http://www.change.org/petitions/act%C3%BAa-con-la-ni%C3%B1ez-para-que-lo…
Global March dedicates International Human Rights Day to ‘Madiba’
Universal Declaration of Human Rights forms the backbone of freedom, justice, peace and equity in the society. It lays down the framework for the Member States of the United Nations to uphold the dignity of all people so that they are able to realise their potential and progressively contribute to […]
Brasil retrocedeu no combate ao trabalho infantil, diz especialista – Kailash Satyarthi’s interview in Folha de S.Paulo
RAQUEL BOCATOCOLABORAÇÃO PARA A FOLHA Líder mundial no trabalho para erradicar o trabalho infantil, o indiano Kailash Satyarthi, 59, diz que o Brasil deu um salto, há alguns anos, na redução do número de crianças nessa situação. Mas que, recentemente, houve um retrocesso, especialmente nas que realizam serviços domésticos e nos […]
“Not Made By Children” – A Toolkit for understanding the realities, responses and responsibilities of stakeholders
22 November 2013The genesis: Supply chains of apparel brands span through the informal sector of several lesser developed and growing economies across the world. There are many tiers beneath the first level garment manufacturers that secure orders from buying houses representing apparel retailers. These tiers comprise of subcontractors and more often […]
Global March echoes the theme of Universal Child Rights Day “Stop Violence Against Children”
November 20 marks the Universal Child Rights Day or Universal Children’s Day. The theme for this year’s Universal Child Rights Day is “Stop Violence against Children”. Although the number of child labourers worldwide has gone down by over one third during the 12 year period beginning 2000, there are 168 […]
Global March raises clarion call for bold, innovative & holistic action against child labour at Global Child Labour Conference in Brasilia
17 October 2013: Global March Against Child Labour marked its prominent presence at the recently held Global Conference on Child Labour in Brazil. The host government had invited Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson of Global March to represent the civil society fraternity at the opening and closing sessions of the conference. As […]