The tussar silk trade in Orissa, which sustains some 50,000 rearers and about 300,000 members of their families, has fallen on had days. Smugglers and black marketeers have done serious harm to

ILO: There are at least 90 million working children in the age group of five to 14 years in India, according to the International Labour

Orissa, home to as many as 62 tribes, may soon lose a few of them, with some of these tribes facing serious of extinction. Not only has there been an overall decline in the population of some of

The number of migrants around the world has jumped to 130 millions and could grow relentlessly under the pressure of increasing globalisation, the International Labour Organisation said. Peter

UNICEF : Motherless babies, children forced onto the streets to work, and millions of other youngsters growing up without the security of a family pay a heavy price for poverty, UNICEF report said on

Pakistan, as one of the six initiator countries of Child Summit held in New York ten years back, will convene SAARC meeting in Pakistan soon to prepare an update report on condition of children in

Beijing+5 Country Report was released by Nepal's Ministry of Women and Social Welfare. The Country Report reviews "Nepal's progress in implementing the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) (which was

As part of the coordinated UN effort, UNICEF is requesting for US dollars 229.5 million from donor nations to deliver vital services to children and women in 16 countries of territories caught in

After centuries of oppression and neglect, tribals in the country still lead a faceless existence and seem to be heading for the worst, according to Magsayasay Award winner Mahasweta Devi.

A meeting of Nepal's Central Monitoring and Coordination Committee formed to look into the problems of Kamaiyas has decided to direct concerned District Development Committees (DDCs) to among other,