Child Labor

Child labor condemns millions of children around the world to a life of servitude. Reports, papers and details of the Global March Against Child Labor which took place in 1998.

Tackles the issue on Child Labor especially in the Philippines, where an estimated 2 million children are compelled to work. It relates the problems caused by child labor, some analysis, and advocacy against the issue.

CWC works with local governments, community and working children themselves to implement viable, comprehensive, sustainable and appropriate solutions in partnership , so that children do not have to work.

CWA is a network of individuals involved in the child labour movement in various countries in Asia. Recognizing that the most effective way to create change is through grass-roots involvement and local advocacy, CWA has worked over the last ten years to foster the development of child focused non government organizations across Asia.

Pakistan has recently passed laws greatly limiting child labor and indentured servitude, but those laws are universally ignored, and some 11 million children, aged four to fourteen, keep that country's factories operating, often working in brutal and squalid conditions. (Atlantic Monthly)

The new Constitution gave children rights which they should use to prepare themselves for the challenges of the future.

Working paper from the World Bank's Human Capital Development and Operations.

A team of 11 photographers who will be photographing the worlds of 11 child workers around the world. By photographing individual children within their families, communities, countries they hope to show behind the "child labor" label.

Links to the Free the Children organization, the home page of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, The ILO's report on Child Labour Today: Facts and Figures, The ILO's photo essay on child labor.

Includes information about bonded child labor and the international trafficking of children, and links to detailed reports.

Addresses the issue of child labor in developing countries.

International Labour Organization definition of this subject, aimed for readers of all ages.

Reports on the dangerous conditions of child labor in US agriculture. Fact sheets, legislative action resources, news, and FAQs.

Photographs by David Parker, MD, MPH, documenting child labor in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia, and India.

A global nonprofit organization working to end child labor and offer educational opportunities for children in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

National US network for the exchange of information about child labor; providing a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation; and developing informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors.

Essay about child labor and its relationship to economic development.

An action programme for the elimination of child labour in the hand knotted carpet industry in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.

Report by Human Rights Watch examines child banana workers in Ecuador as the victims of serious human rights abuses.

A website exploring the complex problem of child-labor in India. Includes many pictures.

Documents the situation of girls in El Salvador that work as domestics, a form of labor that makes them particularly vulnerable to physical abuse and sexual harassment.

A Malawi-based organization that provides information on child rights and child labour.

A background article on child domestic labor, with a focus on abuse suffered by girls.

A report on child labor in the sugarcane plantations of El Salvador.

This site seeks to move beyong just saying "child labor is wrong", to understand the social conditions that lead to children being forced to work.

Offers parents, employers, and educators a resource on assigning agricultural jobs to children 7 to 16 years of age.

Sixty photographs by Lewis W. Hine the investigative photographer who worked for the Child Labor Bureau.

Site with extensive information on child labor in Nepal including a photo archive.

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Canadian Content explores Child Labor. Includes free listings ... Top/Society/Issues/Children, Youth and Family/Child Soldiers. Top/Society/Work/Labor Movement ...[2008/11/01]

Another youth, Gilberto, said he was 13 and had been working cotton for five years. ... Many migrant children work to supplement family income. ...[2008/11/17]

... relations with their families, and seek reform, but not an end to child labor. ... consequences for working children and their families cannot be underestimated. ...[2007/09/27]

... Topics > Children & Youth > Strategy > Child Labor. Strategy ... Child Labor. Children work because their survival and that of their families depend on it. ...[2008/11/25]

Minimum Wage, Recordkeeping, and Child Labor Requirements of U.S. Law - Provides ... Youth minimum wage provisions are contained in Section 6, and child labor ...[2008/11/14]

... in child labor and rates of work-related injury and death among children ... mind, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened the Committee on the ...[2008/11/19]

influence of local labor markets, family interactions, the net return to schooling, and poverty. ... phrase "child labor" conjures images of children chained ...[2007/06/23]

... and for children, including organizations for children, issues including child abuse, advocacy, child labor, safety, ... in Child, Youth and Family Policies ...[2008/12/01]

Launched by the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2002 to increase public awareness of federal and state rules concerning young workers.[2008/12/02]