Topic: International Labour Organization
REVEALED: IN CITIES AND TOWNS ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES, IRISHMEN PAY TO HAVE SEX WITH CHILDREN
September 24, 2006 ·
WHEN the sun sets over Angeles City, the neon glow from a single street illuminates everything around it. Set away from the smoke-filled traffic jams of the city’s main thoroughfares, Fields Avenue comes alive after dark.
Read More...17 Million Latin American Children Work
April 18, 2003 ·
One out of five Latin American children, or more than 17 million, work in the unofficial economic sector and in rural areas, the International Labor Organization said yesterday. In conjunction with the Guatemalan non-governmental organisation Intervida and Save the Children, Norway the ILO said the countries with the highest rates of child labour in Latin […]
Read More...246 Million Children Working During World Days For Children
November 29, 2002 ·
19 November 2002 – Almost a quarter of a billion children are working as child labourers today during the World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse, and will continue toiling tomorrow on Universal Children’s Day. Despite the world’s promise to care for every child, the scourge of child labour still leaves countless children deprived […]
Read More...Child Prostitution Widespread in Jamaica
August 2, 2002 ·
An ILO study on the worst forms of child labour in Jamaica has unearthed a disturbing practice of widespread prostitution by children, some as young as 10 years old, in six of the island’s 14 parishes. While the study did not state definitively how many children were involved in prostitution, the researchers said they consulted […]
Read More...Smokers Addiction Enslave Children
April 20, 2002 ·
The tobacco industry, growers and trade unions have jointly launched a joint initiative to address the problem of child labour in tobacco growing. Supported by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Eliminate Child Labour in Tobacco (ECLT) Foundation was officially launched in Geneva. British American Tobacco, is one of the three founding members of ECLT […]
Read More...Austria Aids East Africa To Rehabilitate Child Prostitutes
April 14, 2002 ·
Tanzania is one of four Anglophone countries picked by the ILO to implement its good practice interventions to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Others include Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. The Austrian government is supporting the initiatives. Implementation of the project will reinforce the country’s efforts in rehabilitating children rescued from serious forms of […]
Read More...SEX TRAFFICKING OCCURS VIA INFORMAL NETWORKS, ILO, UNDP SAY
April 14, 2002 ·
Sex trafficking of children in Thailand is largely an industry run by small, informal networks, according to a new report from the ILO in co-ordination with the UN Development Program. It is mainly informal networks that are responsible for trafficking girls out of their villages, and sometimes girls are driven by boredom with village life […]
Read More...Nearly 5 Million Children Forced To Work In Zimbabwe
April 14, 2002 ·
Nearly 5 million children in Zimbabwe between the age of five and 17 years are being forced to work in several sectors of the economy against their will, reveals survey report. The National Child Labour Survey was carried out by the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, the Central Statistics Office and the […]
Read More...Japan Pushes For Ratification Of Ilo Treaty
April 3, 2001 ·
Japan is pushing to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s treaty banning the worst forms of child labour during its current session of Parliament, which would make it the 68th country to ratify the 1999 pact. The ILO treaty bans forced labour of children and prevents employers from using children for prostitution, the production of pornography […]
Read More...Mayor in trouble for Saying Kids Enjoy
April 17, 2000 ·
DUMAGUETE CITY-He probably just wanted to earn “pogi points” before media, but Mayor Edsel Enardecido of Ayungon town in Negros Oriental Saturday found out too late that he had instead put his foot in his mouth.
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