Topic: Child Workers
CHILD SLAVERY: US Protocol aims to end Child Slavery in Cocoa Fields
October 1, 2001 ·
On 1 October, the international cocoa and chocolate industry signed a Protocol in the United States to eliminate child slavery in the chocolate industry. The Harkin-Engel Protocol set a four year timetable for all stages of the cocoa industry to comply with standards set by the International Labour Organization’s Convention against the worst forms of […]
Read More...INDIA: Working Children Face Slave-Like Conditions
March 29, 2001 ·
Of the 20 million children estimated to be working in India, close to half are illegally employed as domestic servants, including some as young as 6, the London Independent reports. Despite attempts to correct the situation, the problem is worsening, welfare organizations say.
Read More...VC Police Rescues 26 Kids in Sweat Shop
June 15, 2000 ·
The Valenzuela City police recued 26 children working in an allegeld sweat shop after a raid at a factory owned by a Filipino Chinese business in barangay Arkong on Teusday.
Read More...Advances In Children's Rights Attributed To 1989 Un Convention On The Rights Of The Child First Impact Study Of Its Kind Analyzes Outcomes Of Convention
May 30, 2000 ·
(WASHINGTON, DC) – A first-of-its kind impact study has found that the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has led to exciting advances in children’s rights. This news comes as the international community attends the first UN Preparatory Committee meeting for the 2001 World Summit on Children today.
Read More...Child Labor not a Matter of Choice in East Visayas
May 25, 2000 ·
ALLAN, at 19 years old, has the withered face of a man beyond his age . It was the result of years spent at the port of Tacloban City. For fourteen years now, he has been working as a dockhand in the city’s port area. He was barely 5 years old when he was exposed to such a kind of work.
Read More...Global Plan Urged Against 'Slave Trade'
April 12, 2000 ·
MANILA – The United States has called for a global plan of action to combat the multi billion-dollar slave trade of women and children for the sex industry or bonded labor, which officials say snares at least one million victims every year.
Read More...21 Minors Rescued by DOLE
February 15, 2000 ·
SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — At least 21 minors were rescued last year in raids on five establishments in Central Luzon, the regional Department of Labor and Employment said.
Read More...UN, Human Rights Groups hail Agreement on Child Soldiers
January 23, 2000 ·
UNITED NATIONS-An international,agreement aimed at ending the use of child soldiers is being hailed as a major achievement after six years of wrangling over the details.
Read More...15 'Slave' Workers Rescued in Raid
January 23, 2000 ·
SAN FERNANDO CITY — Fifteen workers including eight minors, were rescued from nearly two months of slave labor in a rice milling warehouse in Tayug, Pangasinan, during a raid by a government team Tuesday.
Read More...Child Abuse in R.P: Telling it like it is
January 20, 2000 ·
YEAR in and year out, media reports in the broadsheets, on sexual abuse of children in the, Philippines often increase in the number of assailants’ relationship with the victims.
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