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Federation faces child labour challenges
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 15 hours ago
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Federation CEO Nesbitt Hazelman said such challenges led them to use existing mechanisms in rural areas. "Reaching out to rural areas is a challenge at the moment for us to raise awareness about child labour when it comes to agricultural farm work
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Six children rescued from biscuit-making unit
Mumbai :: India | 18 hours ago
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Labour Department officials on Friday rescued six children from a biscuit making establishment in Balakrishna Nagar, Srinagar Colony of Ramanthapur. The six children, including Ch.Daniel Raju, V.Ram, Ch.Jaswa Raju, G.Chintu, Jakka Raju and D. Shiva
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Mexico Reinvents Forced Disappearance
Monclova :: Mexico | 3 days ago
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This includes the forced recruitment of teenagers and young adults as hired killers, workers in the production of drugs or to serve other needs of the cartels, or for organ trafficking. There have been confirmed reports of buses stopped by armed
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141 cases since 2011
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 8 days ago
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Minister Jone Usamate says 141 child labour cases have been reported to the ministry since 2011. According to Mr Usamate, 19 children out of this number were assisted by the ministry through their programs and were able to report to school at the
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Plans to end child labour in the sugar industry
Lautoka :: Fiji Islands | 8 days ago
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He made this comment while opening the Stakeholders Training on Child Labour in the Sugar Industry, held at the Sugar Cane Growers Council building in Lautoka yesterday. Mr Usamate said child labour kept children out of school and hampered the
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Injury claim payouts to B.C. children hurt at work surge
Vancouver :: Canada | 8 days ago
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Claims payouts to children injured on the job soared in the last few years to a high of more than $600,000 in 2012, says a new repor t. The increases were largely due to two very serious incidents involving boys under the age of 15, says First Call B.
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Teachers fight child labour
Ei :: Japan | 11 days ago
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Education International (EI), involved the Fiji Teachers Union and the Fijian Teachers Association. In the most recent global report on child labour that was released in 2010, the number of child labourers in the world had decreased from the previous
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Tributes paid to Uzbek activist
Tashkent :: Uzbekistan | 11 days ago
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In a rare statement, the US embassy called him "an extraordinary voice" among Uzbek human rights activists. Colleagues have described him as a tireless campaigner who identified numerous human rights abuses. Hamrayev led the Jizzakh regional branch
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Elizabeth Smart speaks on human trafficking
Boston :: MA :: USA | 14 days ago
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ments Elizabeth Smart speaks on human trafficking Elizabeth Smart spoke about why kidnap and rape victims might not run, during a Johns Hopkins University human trafficking forum. Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped at age 14 in Utah. By Alex Dominguez ,
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The Grace Network meets tonight
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
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Tonight's featured speaker is Chris Stambaugh, the Founder & Director of TGN. Training topics include fighting human trafficking from an inner-city context. For more information, contact 916-850-0846 or info@thegracenetwork.org. The Grace Network
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