New Delhi, 12, July, 2013; “Education and child labour share an inversely proportional relationship with each other. Education for all the children will remain a distant dream unless and until child labour is completely eliminated. For child labour to be completely abolished, free, compulsory and quality education is a must. […]
Despite a series of revelations for the Observer about the brutal conditions in garment factories, companies, western consumers and India are still complicit in turning a blind eye
Admit it. You love cheap clothes. And you don’t care about child slave labour Despite a series of revelations for the Observer about the brutal conditions in garment factories, companies, western consumers and India are still complicit in turning a blind eye Gethin Chamberlain The Observer, Sunday 28 July 2013 Young […]
OP-Ed Article by Mr. Kailash Satyarthi: After Himalayan tsunami, children are at risk, need protection
Kailash Satyarthi, July 6, 2013, DHNS: The worst in Uttarakhand is far from over. What is visible is perhaps known to all but the invisible underbelly that is bloating under the aftermath of the Himalayan tsunami that devastated Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts has placed the children in these […]
Skipping the First Step to End Child Labor?
Laws are not enough to end child labor — we see that every time a new factory is found filled with children who should be in school. But making progress against child labor must begin with banning it. Laws set standards and norms, and affect what people see as acceptable. […]
Post-2015 forward looking, yet not urgent and ambitious
Global March Against Child Labour is the largest worldwide coalition of civil society, teachers and trade union organisations united in their determination to protect and promote the rights of all children, in particular the right to receive a free, meaning and good quality education and to be free from economic […]
Tobacco farmers exploiting child labor
The International Labor Organization, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance and local NGOs want the government and industry to put a stop to child labor. “It is important that child laborers receive attention because they are often neglected and susceptible to violence from the industries in which they work,” the National […]
The Day of the African Child
Eliminating Harmful Social and Cultural Practices Affecting Children: Our Collective Responsibility The Day of the African Child is observed every year on 16 June by Member States of the African Union (AU), and its partners to commemorate the 1976 uprisings in Soweto, South Africa. The 1976 protest by black school […]
Gordon Brown- Learning, not working: why the ILO report shows we need to do more to tackle domestic labour
By Gordon Brown, June 14, 2013 Ratni is a teenager from the Jharkhand province in the north-east of India. Her family are poor, her chances in life few. When her parents were approached by a friend, offering a better life for their daughter in Delhi – education, paid work – they […]
Former child labourer launches Global March’s new campaign site FREE – Free from Exploitation for Education
Shanti’s presence on June 12th, the World Day Against Child Labour, at the Global March’s office was symbolic. For over three years, Shanti (name changed), a former child labourer was inflicted with pain and abuses, by her employer. She was sold to a family for Rs. 22,000 (~US 400) by […]
Child Domestic Labour- A Modern Form of Feudalism
11 June 2013, Global – The world is on track towards missing most of the deadlines for international commitment of Millennium Development Goals and national commitments for a better future for children. The adults, the world leaders, the governments and the larger society is failing in it commitments made to […]