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    Juliane KippenbergChildren as young as six are working in toxic conditions in Mali's gold mines. Juliane Kippenberg reports.

  • US: Proposed Rules Would Save Child Farmworker Lives
    Feb 2, 2012
    The rules are intended to make paid farm work safer for the hundreds of thousands of children in the United States who labor in agriculture. They would not apply to children working on their parents’ farms.
  • Mali: Artisanal Mines Produce Gold With Child Labor
    Dec 6, 2011
    At least 20,000 children work in Malian artisanal gold mines under extremely harsh and dangerous conditions, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Malian government and international donors should take action to end child labor in artisanal mines, Human Rights Watch said. Artisanal miners rely on low-tech methods and often organize informally.
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Child Labor

  • Letter to the Ministry of Mines
    Feb 3, 2012
  • US: Proposed Rules Would Save Child Farmworker Lives
    Feb 2, 2012
    The rules are intended to make paid farm work safer for the hundreds of thousands of children in the United States who labor in agriculture. They would not apply to children working on their parents’ farms.
  • Gold’s image tarnished by child labour in mines
    Dec 22, 2011
    There has been a lot of debate about corporate social responsibility. But most gold traders I interviewed showed no concern about the use of child labour.
  • Mali: Artisanal Mines Produce Gold With Child Labor
    Dec 6, 2011
    At least 20,000 children work in Malian artisanal gold mines under extremely harsh and dangerous conditions, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Malian government and international donors should take action to end child labor in artisanal mines, Human Rights Watch said. Artisanal miners rely on low-tech methods and often organize informally.
  • Letter to Deputy Administrator Nancy Leppink on Proposed Changes to Agricultural Child Labor Regulations
    Dec 1, 2011
  • Take mercury out of children’s hands
    Nov 17, 2011
    Governments from around the world met in Nairobi, Kenya recently to negotiate an international treaty on mercury, under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Mercury, the silvery liquid metal, known to many from old thermometers, is one of the most toxic substances on earth.
  • Child Farmworkers in the United States: A “Worst Form of Child Labor”
    Nov 17, 2011
    In a Texas panhandle farming community, a mother—whose 11-year-old daughter toils in the cotton fields and cares for her younger brothers—tells her child, “I’m so sorry I stole your childhood from you.” While this mother may feel personally responsible, her government is also to blame.
  • Cambodia/ Malaysia: Domestic Workers Face Abuse
    Oct 31, 2011
    The Cambodian and Malaysian governments’ failure to regulate recruiters and employers leaves Cambodian migrant domestic workers exposed to a wide range of abuses. Tens of thousands of Cambodian women and girls who migrate to Malaysia have little protection against forced confinement in training centers, heavy debt burdens, and exploitative working conditions.
  • Global Mercury Reduction Treaty: Protect Health of Gold Miners
    Oct 27, 2011
    Governments around the world should protect the health of millions of artisanal gold miners working with mercury, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch submitted recommendations to governments ahead of negotiations for an international, legally binding convention on mercury.
  • Cambodia: Overhaul Protections for Migrant Domestic Workers
    Oct 14, 2011
    Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s proposed ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia should be accompanied by a major overhaul in protections for these workers. On October 14, 2011, Hun Sen promised an opposition lawmaker, Mu Sochua, to halt migration in the wake of repeated complaints of abuse during recruitment in Cambodia and employment in Malaysia.
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