People

Child labour exposes children to high risks

A survey conducted by Child Rights International (CRI), a civil society organisation committed to promoting children’s rights, has shown that over 2,092 children in Ghana are exposed to high risks

Publication Date: 
08/05/2017
Graphic (Ghana)
Tags:
People, Child Labour, Ghana, Mining, Illegal Trade, Children, Health, Africa
Health

Time for a global response to labour rights violations in the manufacture of health-care goods

On 23 March 2017, the British Medical Association, in partnership with the Sustainable Development Unit for the health sector in England, released Ethical procurement for health: workbook 2.0, 1 a guide and workbook for protecting labour rights in medical supply chains. This is an update to a document released 6 years earlier in response to evidence of abuse of worker rights at several factories manufacturing health-care products destined for global markets.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/05/2017
Mahmood F Bhutta
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Health Care, Workers, Human Rights, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Pakistan, United Kingdom (UK), Sweden, Child Labour
Mining

Tech firms must go beyond Congo's "conflict minerals" to clean supply chain: study

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Abuses linked to mining in countries such as Myanmar and Colombia are being overlooked by technology companies focused only on eliminating "conflict minerals"

Publication Date: 
07/04/2017
Reuters (Africa)
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Mining, Minerals, Congo, Conflicts, Child Labour, Rwanda, Africa
People

Tanzania struggles to end child labour from the lure of gold

NYALIGONGO, Tanzania, April 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Three years ago, 14-year-old Julius left his family near the lakeside city of Mwanza, Tanzania, to try his luck mining gold.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Child Labour, Mining, People, Tanzania, Gold, Africa
Natural Disasters

Kenya: Drought Begets Sexual Violence in Kenya

Nairobi — THE worst drought in decades is exposing Kenyan women to sexual attacks and girls to early marriages and forced labour.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
All Africa
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Natural Disasters, Droughts, Kenya, Women, Africa, Water Resources, Child Labour
Economy

Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy

The principles laid down in the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) offer guidelines to multinational enterprises, governments, and employers’ and workers’ organizations in such areas as employment, training, conditions of work and life, and industrial relations.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2017
International Labour Organization
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Workers, Unemployment, Industry, Child Labour, Economic Development, Occupational Safety, Occupational Health
Health

Inheriting a sustainable world: Atlas on children’s health and the environment

More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of are attributable to unhealthy environments. Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene – take the lives of 1.7 million children under 5 years, says a new WHO report.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2017
World Health Organization
Tags:
Child Health, Environmental Health, Air Pollution, Children, Indoor Air Pollution, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Infant mortality, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Climate Change, Smoking, India, Global, Food Contamination, Electronic Waste, Child Labour, Health Effects
Economy

The role of youth in sustainable development: perspectives from South Asia

This research paper, commissioned as part of the series ‘Starting Strong: the first 1000 days of the SDGs’, identifies key actions toward addressing the unfinished business of the MDGs and how to reach those who are furthest behind in relation to the new SDGs.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2016
Anam Khan, Asif Javed, Samavia Batool, Fazal Hussain, Hamid Mahmood, Vaqar Ahmed
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
Tags:
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Unemployment, Economy, Child Labour, South Asia, Informal Sector, Finance, Education, Women
Industry

Firms such as Kellogg's, Unilever and Nestlé 'use child-labour palm oil'

Global firms behind popular brands such as Kit Kat, Colgate toothpaste and Dove cosmetics use palm oil produced by child workers in dangerous conditions, Amnesty International has claimed.

Publication Date: 
30/11/2016
Guardian (UK)
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Industry, Child Labour, Labour, Palm Oil, Indonesia, Food Process Industry
Natural Disasters

India's deadly floods raise risk of women, children being sold into slavery

Women and children in India’s flood-hit eastern region are at risk of being preyed upon by human traffickers and sold into slavery in middle class homes, restaurants and shops, and even brothels, a

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
Eco Business
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, India, Women, Children, Child Labour, Bonded Labour, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

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