fight against child labour
Labour practices under scrutiny / Do We Need to Worry?
Labour practices and the right to organise by workers have recently received a lot of attention in Western media, triggered by terrible industry accidents in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Editorial / Child domestic worker set on fire
The news of 12-year-old Purnima, being set alight by her employer and then left in a warehouse without any medical treatment...
Children and Poverty
Protecting the rights of children and providing the essentials for their development must be part of the definition of poverty reduction.
LAW NEWS / Education to fight against child labour
The United Nations has announced it is marking the 2015 edition of the World Day Against Child Labour with a call for the international community to invest in quality education as a key step in the fight against child employment – a scourge that consumes over one hundred million children worldwide.
Do We Need to Worry?
Labour practices and the right to organise by workers have recently received a lot of attention in Western media, triggered by terrible industry accidents in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Child domestic worker set on fire
The news of 12-year-old Purnima, being set alight by her employer and then left in a warehouse without any medical treatment...
Children and Poverty
Protecting the rights of children and providing the essentials for their development must be part of the definition of poverty reduction.
Education to fight against child labour
The United Nations has announced it is marking the 2015 edition of the World Day Against Child Labour with a call for the international community to invest in quality education as a key step in the fight against child employment – a scourge that consumes over one hundred million children worldwide.