Earlier in January this year, Union Minister of Labour and Employment Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, chaired the first meeting of the newly constituted Central Advisory Board on Child Labour. Citing child labour as a matter of grave concern staring in the face of our country, Mr. Kharge said that Ministry of […]
Children engaged in unsafe mining
According to Human Right Watch Report A Poisonous Mix Child Labor, Mercury, and Artisanal Gold Mining in Malipublished in December 2011 it is estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 children work in Mali’s artisanal gold mining sector. Many of them start working as young as six years old. These children are subjected […]
76 countries rank high in child labour violations
A large number of 76 countries have been classified as ‘extremely risky’ in terms of child labour complicity for global companies on the Child Labour Index 2012 as per the recent annual study on human rights violations conducted by UK-based risk analysis firm Maplecroft. This represents an increase in global […]
California Transparency in Supply Chains Act 2010
The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 has drawn the focus of enterprises towards eliminating human trafficking within their spheres of impact. The law calls for greater supply chain accountability by requiring every retail seller and manufacturer doing business in California and having annual worldwide gross receipts that […]
Resources for public education and health eaten by global corporations
The world has enough for everybody’s need but not enough for everybody’s greed, said Mahatma Gandhi. A similar emotion evokes a new study by Education International Research Institute – Global Corporate Taxation and Resources for Quality Public Services which has shown that a fortune worth trillions of dollars lost annually […]
Resources for public education and health eaten by global corporations
The world has enough for everybody’s need but not enough for everybody’s greed, said Mahatma Gandhi. A similar emotion evokes a new study by Education International Research Institute – Global Corporate Taxation and Resources for Quality Public Services which has shown that a fortune worth trillions of dollars lost annually due to tax […]
Children and students tortured in Pakistani seminary, Global March demands immediate closure of the system of brutalisation
Pakistani police rescued 53 students including children as young as seven years, chained from a warren of rooms in a madrassa (seminary) during a raid in Karachi. The students said they were beaten up mercilessly, kept in chains, deprived of food and tortured. The students were warned that any one […]
MISSING CHILDREN OF INDIA
A reflection upon increasing societal apathy and systemic failure of the law enforcement agencies Download Synopsis | Buy Online On 08th December 2011, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) launched its latest research report “Missing Children of India”. This report is a compilation of the data collected from official agencies like National Crime Record […]
MISSING CHILDREN OF INDIA
A reflection upon increasing societal apathy and systemic failure of the law enforcement agencies On 08th December 2011, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) launched its latest research report “Missing Children of India”. This report is a compilation of the data collected from official agencies like National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), the National […]
Aid for Education: Miles to go!?
The good news first! International aid for basic education has increased from 2008 to 2009 to reach around US$ 5.6 billion reports the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report’s team in their findings on trends in aid to education from 2002 to 2009. The sad news is that this […]