Child Labor
History of Child Labor
History of Child Labor can be traced in some dark realms of industrialization. But a more detailed study of this heinous, shameful practice can reveal that child labor was there much before industrialization in various forms like child slavery…
Child labour in India: Primark latest to come under fire
Investigations have revealed an underworld of sweatshops in India where young children are forced to toil in Dickensian-like conditions. There are estimated to be 15,000 garment factories in New Delhi.
Bone-crushing Work, No Guaranteed Pay
Children among laborers who risk injury to scrape a living at stone quarry
How Uk Patios Rely on Child Labour
Huge sandstone quarries are fuelling landscaping boom on the cheap.
Tesco Denies Child Labour Claims
Children as young as 12 have been making clothes for Tesco's own-brand ranges in factories in Bangladesh, according to a report rejected by the supermarket giant.
Haitian Children Sold As Cheap Labourers and Prostitutes for Little More Than £50
Dominican Republic accused of turning a blind eye to thriving trade in youngsters.
A Hardline on Cotton
Western companies are knowingly profiting from child labour in the central Asian cotton industry, writes Tobias Webb.
Child Labour Widespread in Asian Cotton Fields
Forced labour and other human rights abuses are common in the cotton fields of central Asia, according to findings published by the International Crisis Group.
Child Labourers Rescued From Nigerian Quarries
Ragged, exhausted and scarred, 74 children apparently sold into bondage were on their way home yesterday after being rescued from Nigerian granite quarries. The children, some just four years old, told aid workers at least 13 of their companions had died and been buried in shallow graves...
The Morality of Child Labor
From the comfort of their plush offices and five to six figure salaries, self-appointed NGO's often denounce child labor as their employees rush from one five star hotel to another, $3000 subnotebooks and PDA's in hand. The hairsplitting distinction made by the ILO between "child work" and "child labor" conveniently targets impoverished countries while letting its budget contributors - the developed ones - off-the-hook.
Children among laborers who risk injury to scrape a living at stone quarry
How Uk Patios Rely on Child Labour
Huge sandstone quarries are fuelling landscaping boom on the cheap.
Tesco Denies Child Labour Claims
Children as young as 12 have been making clothes for Tesco's own-brand ranges in factories in Bangladesh, according to a report rejected by the supermarket giant.
Haitian Children Sold As Cheap Labourers and Prostitutes for Little More Than £50
Dominican Republic accused of turning a blind eye to thriving trade in youngsters.
A Hardline on Cotton
Western companies are knowingly profiting from child labour in the central Asian cotton industry, writes Tobias Webb.
Child Labour Widespread in Asian Cotton Fields
Forced labour and other human rights abuses are common in the cotton fields of central Asia, according to findings published by the International Crisis Group.
Child Labourers Rescued From Nigerian Quarries
Ragged, exhausted and scarred, 74 children apparently sold into bondage were on their way home yesterday after being rescued from Nigerian granite quarries. The children, some just four years old, told aid workers at least 13 of their companions had died and been buried in shallow graves...
The Morality of Child Labor
From the comfort of their plush offices and five to six figure salaries, self-appointed NGO's often denounce child labor as their employees rush from one five star hotel to another, $3000 subnotebooks and PDA's in hand. The hairsplitting distinction made by the ILO between "child work" and "child labor" conveniently targets impoverished countries while letting its budget contributors - the developed ones - off-the-hook.