Tag: Child labour
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COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour: ILO, UNICEF
'As the pandemic wreaks havoc on family incomes, without support, many could resort to child labour,' said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
June 12, 2020 -
Essential to evolve system where no contractor is allowed to employ child labour: SC
The top court's bench comprising of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy sought reply from the Centre and all the state governments on the matter.
June 8, 2020 -
Senseless tragedy
The building was not supposed to house a factory, had no fire safety clearances, no fire safety equipment, flouted laws by allowing employees to sleep in the dingy, ill-ventilated premises and, according to reports, even employed child labour.
December 10, 2019 -
School for Scandal
The silence of the Birbhum district administration is intriguing when we reflect on the enormity of the outrage in a part of the state that is given to trumpeting the legacy of Tagore. The core issue goes beyond child labour in the backwaters of West Bengal, a disgrace in itself. Those supposedly engaged in rural …
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August 23, 2018 -
Child labour in Asia: Wages of innocence
An estimated 122 million children (5 to 14 years) are compelled to work for their survival in the Asia Pacific Region, according to an ILO report
July 10, 2018 -
Child labour in agriculture rising: FAO
Observing the World Day Against Child Labour, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has stated that child labour in agriculture was rising in recent years, driven in part by an increase in conflicts and climate-induced disasters. Of the 152 million child labourers in the world, the vast majority – 108 million – are engaged …
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June 14, 2018 -
Naveen Patnaik launches anti-child labour campaign
Over the next 45 days, a campaign on the adverse impact of child labour, awareness against such practices will be undertaken across the state
May 1, 2018 -
S Dinajpur Child Welfare dept raises voice against child labour
Raising their voice against child labor in the district, the South Dinajpur Child Welfare department on Thursday organized a special awareness campaign in Balurghat with a group of businessmen of the town. The Assistant Labor Commissioner and the Project Director of the district, officials of the Family welfare department, and members of social organizations and …
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March 9, 2018 -
Maneka Gandhi bats for child labour-free goods
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has proposed that the government procure goods from vendors who can “certify” that they do not engage child labour, according to an official. The women and child development minister has written to her counterpart in the commerce ministry, Suresh Prabhu, that by demanding products and services that do not engage children …
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February 6, 2018 -
SSB rescues three Nepalese children from Bihar
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has rescued three minor Nepalese children from Bihar’s Sitamarhi district and arrested a trafficker who was taking them to Mumbai to push them into child labour, an official said on Saturday. A team of 20th Battalion of the paramilitary force rescued the children on Thursday from Bairang Railway Station in …
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January 27, 2018 -
Recent laws have legalised child labour in India: Activist
Some of the recently enacted laws have legalised child labour in many sectors in India, representative of an Indian organisation that works against sex trafficking has told members of the UN General Assembly. Ruchira Gupta representing Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an award-winning organisation that works against sex trafficking in India, in her address to …
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September 30, 2017 -
Millions trapped in modern slavery, child labour: UN report
An estimated 40 million people, mostly women and girls, are trapped in modern slavery and 152 million children are subject to child labour, a UN report has revealed. Developed jointly by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Walk Free Foundation and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the report published on Tuesday has revealed the …
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September 20, 2017 -
India ratifies two more ILO pacts to end child labour
India has ratified the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) two conventions on child labour reaffirming its commitment for a child labour free India, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on Saturday. The conventions were on the minimum age for employment and worst forms of child labour and were ratified during the International Labour Conference held in Geneva, …
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June 17, 2017 -
US should show leadership to end child labour, says Kailash Satyarthi
The US should take the leadership in elimination of child labour globally, Noble laureate Kailash Satyarthi appealed to American lawmakers and activists, asserting the world cannot be made safe and secure until security and education are provided to each child. "A lot of work has been done (in elimination of child labour) by the ILO …
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June 17, 2017 -
India set to ratify global conventions to combat child labour
India is set to ratify two key global conventions on combating child labour which a top UN official described as a "great step forward" in bringing all the world's children under the ambit of the legislations. International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder, in his statement for World Day Against Child Labour, marked annually on …
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June 13, 2017 -
Delhi Police, CRY join hands against child labour, missing children
On World Day Against Child Labour on Monday, the Delhi Police joined hands with an NGO to solve cases of missing children and to fight child labour, a senior police official said. "Delhi Police have decided to share information with Child Rights and You (CRY) to locate missing children and also to conduct awareness programmes …
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June 12, 2017 -
Rights of children
The first Labour Day was celebrated on the 5 September, 1882, in the New York City, USA. The Labour Movement in the United States encouraged labourers across the world to organise movements, to form pressure groups and labour unions. In the honour of the millions of labourers who toil hard round the clock, each day, …
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April 26, 2017