Child Labor

Child Labor in Sugarcane Plantations in El Salvador Drops by 70%

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:04:04 -0700

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Human Rights Watch — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:14:24 -0700

US: Adopt Stronger Laws for Child Farmworkers

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:38:35 -0700

The US Congress should amend outdated labor laws that allow even young children to work in commercial US agriculture, Human Rights Watch said today. Legislation introduced today by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard of California would for the first time apply the same age and hour requirements to children working in agriculture as for children working in other occupations.

United States: Adopt Stronger Laws for Child Farmworkers

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:16:44 -0700

Dear Members of the House Committee on Education and Labor,

Against The Edges of the Unknown

Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:38:31 -0700

Siti was 16, but seemed older. I met her the year after I graduated from high school in her hometown, Bogor.

Diamonds’ Deadly Toll

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:09:09 -0700

They might end up as costly baubles on sale in shops around the world. But for some diamonds mined in Zimbabwe, the journey begins in massive illegal pit mines where men, women, and children are forced to work long days under the brutal authority of government troops, who took over the mine in a spree of bloodshed.

Diamonds in the Rough

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:45:00 -0700

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Diamonds in the Rough

Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe

Map of Zimbabwe and the Marange Diamond Fields

Diamonds in the Rough

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:45:00 -0700

This 62-page report documents how, following the discovery of diamonds in Marange in June 2006, the police and army have used brutal force to control access to the diamond fields and to take over unlicensed diamond mining and trading.

Zimbabwe: End Repression in Marange Diamond Fields

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:01:00 -0700

(Johannesburg) - Zimbabwe's armed forces are engaging in the forced labor of children and adults, and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of Marange district in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

At Work This Weekend

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:54:39 -0800

What does this weekend's Domestic Workers' Day mean to the approximately 700,000 Indonesian children who toil in these jobs? Absolutely nothing. Yes, there will be meetings and rallies and events, but most child domestic workers across Indonesia will spend this weekend just like every other weekend: working.