Full Coverage: Children
June 2007
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28.06.2007
Writing about her childhood in the Salinas Valley, Rose Castillo Guilbault describes the migrants, the men who came alone, the families, and one "special friend."
more...Related topics/regions: [United States] [Agriculture] [Labour] [Migration] Image: © New America Media
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28.06.2007
Growing up, I recall my mother hardly being at home. She left for work at ten in the morning and returned home at eleven at night. It wasn't that my mother was neglecting me; she was doing what was needed in order to survive.
more...Related topics/regions: [United States] [Migration] [Youth] Image: © New America Media
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26.06.2007
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) urged the government to keep in mind the recent recommendations on juvenile justice by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child while reviewing the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO).
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08.06.2007
Bal Panchayats are the new means to empower children in rural India. These groups of children function at the village level to raise their voices on various social issues that affect their lives. Kalyan Singh Kothari heard them out at a show in Jaipur, Rajasthan on the World Fair Trade Day.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Education] [Human rights] [Governance] Image: Empowering children through Bal panchayat © Thnam Kanha Net
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07.06.2007
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has estimated that over 100 million boys and girls, between the ages of 5-14, work under hazardous conditions in the agriculture sector worldwide. ILO is collaborating with five organisations to eliminate child labour by focusing on World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, 2007.
more...Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Labour] [Governance] Image: Child labour © Megan Montoya /
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