Mining

Nine million kids in mining suffer severe health disorders

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

Publication Date: 
06/04/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Drinking Water Standards, Health Effects, Children, Child Labour, NGO, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Raigarh (D), Karnataka, Bellary (D), Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu
People

MP to work towards population stabilisation: CM

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.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
People, Population, Child Labour, Poverty, Madhya Pradesh
Mining

Indias childhood in the "pits": a report on the impacts of mining on children in India

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.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2010
Samata-Dhhatri
Tags:
Mining, Displacement, Children, Child Labour, Right To Information (RTI), India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan
Mining

Childhood in pits, says report on Indian mining

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.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Children, Child Labour, NGO, Karnataka, Rajasthan
People

Converge schemes to check child labour: PlanCom

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).

Publication Date: 
17/03/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Development, People, Children, Child Labour, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Poverty, Education, Planning Commission
Agriculture

Agricultural workers still struggle for their rights

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 with its affiliates to make this happen.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Sue Longley
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Agriculture, Landless, Workers, Child Labour, Occupational Health, Poverty, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Legislation, India, South Asia, Food Security
People

'Pakistani children's condition the worst in South Asia'

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.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2009
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Children, Child Labour, Poverty, Pakistan, South Asia
People

41pc children in Dadu labourers

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

Publication Date: 
20/11/2009
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Child Labour, NGO
Governance And Institutions

Govt plans cell to keep tabs on RTE

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the nodal grievance redressal authority for implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, will soon set up a special cell to monitor a child

Publication Date: 
09/11/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Children, Child Labour, Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
People

Celebrating 20 years of the convention on the rights of the child

On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Patricia Moccia, David Anthony
UNICEF
Tags:
Women, Children, Child Labour, Child Health, Human Rights, India, Global

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