2 May 2011: According to a report by the non-profit communications agency PANDI in Colombia, the country experienced a sharp rise in the volume of child workers between 2007 and 2009, with a growth of around 35 per cent. The report cites figures issued by DANE, the national statistics agency, […]
Final report on public and private activities to eliminate child labour in cocoa
“Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana” is a four and a half year project spearheaded by the Payson Center for International Development at Tulane University, USA, and financed by the U.S. Department of […]
Global March welcomes new Indonesian anti-trafficking law
7th April 2011: Global March has welcomed the news that the government of Indonesia has passed a long-awaited law against trafficking. Under the new law, those found guilty of helping to transport illegal migrants into the country could now face prison terms of up to 15 years and a large fine. […]
Child labour on the rise in Zimbabwe
23 March 2011: Global March is concerned at further reports of an increase in the incidence of child labour in Zimbabwe. According to a recent article in a national newspaper, the Family Aids Caring Trust (FACT), a civil society organisation operating in the country, claims that nearly 60 per cent of […]
Never Work Alone: Trade unions and civil society fighting against slavery and trafficking
Global March member, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), has joined forces with Anti-Slavery International (ASI) to produce a new guide for trade unions and civil society organisations in combating modern-day slavery and trafficking of workers. In introducing the guide, the heads of ITUC and ASI point out that: “Under […]
Global March condemns attack on child rights activists in Delhi
17 March 2011, New Delhi: Global March has learned that Chairperson Kailash Satyarthi and four other child rights activists have been injured during a rescue effort to save child bonded labourers from zari embroidery units in an area of New Delhi, India. The BBA rescue team, led by BBA Founder Kailash […]
Numbers of street children grows worldwide
14 March 2011: If we spent one second naming all the street children in the world it would take more than 3 years to name them all. The number of children living and working on the streets worldwide is now estimated at over 100 million, according to the UN Human Rights […]
Ivory Coast descends into humanitarian crisis
14 March 2011: As each news bulletin emerges on the continuing crisis in Ivory Coast, the greater the concern for the future of this once stable and potentially prosperous West African nation. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that more than 450,000 people have fled their homes […]
Global March expresses solidarity with teachers in USA
04 March 2011: Global March is concerned at the news emerging from the USA in recent weeks regarding the budgetary action being put forward in several states which would strip the fundamental collective bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of state employees, including teachers. At a time when the world acknowledges […]
Dark underbelly of cottonseed production in India
India has the distinction of having the largest area under cotton cultivation in the world and has been a pioneer in developing hybrid cotton seeds for commercial use. The Indian cotton seed industry is also marked by a high proportion of child labour among its workforce.1 The genetically modified BT cotton […]