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Every morning 17-year-old Naser -wakes up to make bricks, toiling for 14 hours a day, seven days a week. This is what Ali has done almost all his life. He's never been in school and he's never had the chance of a proper childhood.
Earlier today, I mocked the American Family Association for its call this year to boycott companies that don’t use the word “Christmas” enough in their advertising. Pardon me for being blunt, but a matter like that is utterly...
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO - (Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - Peterborough will 'Jump Up' for public child care this Sunday, a coalition of local child care activists will announce at a news conference tomorrow. The activists,...
How New Labor Laws Increased Unemployment in the Great Depression The Roosevelt administration's anti-business policies made it harder for employers to hire workers and made the economy worse during the Great Depression. These...
Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Media Statement Lifting children out of poverty priority for Labour Labour Deputy Leader Annette King today congratulated the authors of the Social Health Monitor for their work which...
includes audio] Dutch fashion houses and business leaders have come together to launch a shop that only stocks clothes manufactured without the use of child labour... The opening coincides with the 20th anniversary...of the...
By Howard Pankratz The Denver Post A 17-year-old worker at a Kiowa County grain elevator was killed Friday after being buried alive in a grain bin. (HANDOUT | ) A Colorado grain elevator operator has been fined more than $1.6...
Those pregnant at top of high-risk groups ENC Today Following reports of the deaths of two pregnant women in North Carolina from H1N1, local agencies continue to focus on groups at high risk for contracting the virus —...
THE United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has urged India, home to one-fifth of the world's child population, to stop child marriages and child labour as they impinge on their rights, reported Makkal Osai .
Xinhua News Agency and other leading world media will provide 24-hour global coverage of Universal Children's Day, which falls on Nov. 20. The following is a chronology of major events in protecting the rights and welfare of...
