Malawi'’s agricultural sector is critical to its economy, employing around 77% of the population and accounting for 23% of gross domestic product (GDP). The majority of workers in agriculture are smallholder farmers, many of whom cultivate less than one hectare of land. Despite its importance, the sector faces significant challenges, …
LIKE any normal child, Illyas from Varanasi, a 13-year-old, wanted to go to a regular school and become an important man some day. But poverty forced him to start working at an eatery for Rs.200 a day so that he could feed his younger siblings. He, however, continues his studies …
New Delhi: Child labourers may be declining in sheer numbers yet more children are at work in the Asia-Pacific region than the rest of the world combined. A global report has noted that while there was a 26% decline in the number of children employed (between the age group of …
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has estimated that Pakistan has 70 million children working as labourers. The last ILO-IPEC survey carried out in 1996 had put the child labour population in the country at 3.3 million. In a report, titled
Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower, Syed Khursheed Shah on Tuesday assured National Assembly that government would soon introduce a bill in the Parliament to curb child labour. While discussing motion pertaining to alarming increase in child labour moved by Ms Yasmeen Rehman, Abdul Qadir Patel and Khurram Jehangir Wattoo. …
Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned in a new study called 'Accelerating action against Child Labour' that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are slowing down and called for a
APART from trade issues, the free-trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and the European Union (EU) continue to be stuck over non-trade issues like human rights, child labour and environment. Ahead of the beginning of a new round of trade talks, EU parliamentarians, who are on a trip to India …
Delhi may well be bringing its citizens world-class infrastructure, thanks to the Commonwealth Games (CWG). But the human cost of development and the long-term impact on the poorer sections are either being underplayed or overlooked. As work races to meet the October deadline, stories abound of violation of labour laws, …
Sheila Dikshit in conversation with Amba Batra Bakshi and Shreevatsa Nevatia Why are you allowing child labour at Commonwealth Games-related sites? There are a number of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16 working at these places, obviously lured by an adult salary. I entirely agree that there should …
After winning kudos, the Manmohan Singh government is facing demands from several states to pick up bulk of the multi-billion tab for implementing the landmark Right to Education Act for which teacher shortage and infrastructure are other key challenges. A reality check has shown that that almost all state governments …
The plight of child labourers must be addressed urgently writes hartman de souza For the first time in the country, itself a shocking fact, a study on how small and big mining operations affect children was commissioned early last year. The final report, titled India
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI A Large section of the nine million children below the age of 14 working in the mining industry suffer from health disorders. A study on the impact of mining on children undertaken by HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, Samata and Dhaatri Resource Centre for Women and …
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said the 'Madhya Pradesh Banao'' (Build Madhya Pradesh) campaign will include the subject of stabilising population in the state. Speaking at his official residence after awarding 22 couples under a promotion scheme on population stabilisation initiatives here, the Chief Minister said overpopulation …
New report on impacts of mining on children by HAQ, Samata and mm&P shows that children & their communities are not part of the growth that mining promises. It addresses loopholes in the policy & demands an assessment of children’s status in mining areas. This report provides a glimpse into …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Painting a frightening picture of the extent of violation of children's rights in the mining areas across the country, HAQ, a child rights organisation, has said that the government must recognise that children are impacted by mining.
Widespread use of child labour in India is likely to take centrestage when the Planning Commission discusses the mid-term appraisal of skill development for the 11th Plan period (2007-12). The Commission, in a draft document to be included in the mid-term appraisal, has emphasised on the need to develop institutional …
More than one billion people in the world are employed in agriculture, and most work in extremely precarious conditions. They cannot guarantee the food security of their families. Improvements will come only if these workers are better organised and better able to engage in collective bargaining. The IUF is working …
Global Organisation for Human Empowerment and Rights (GOHER) foundation organised a festival for children' rights on the occasion of Universal Children Day, here on Friday. Executive Director of GOHER foundation, A.G. Chohan said that it was a fact that the condition of Pakistani children was worst in South Asia as …
DADU, Nov 20: Speakers at a seminar have said that 41 per cent children do not go to school due to different reasons and they are engaged in child labour in Dadu district. They were speaking at a seminar on
