CHILD LABOR RESOURCES
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
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Child Labor: Issues, Causes, and Interventions
A report on possible causes, issues, and intervention attempts, from the Education and Social Policy Department of the World Bank. Includes statistics, attributes, characteristics, intervention strategies, discussion and references.
Child Labor: Seeking Change For A 200-Year-Old Dilemma
Reuters, June 29, 2002
Children Sold as Slaves in West Africa
World News Tonight, May 22, 2001
'Chocolate Slaves' Carry Many Scars
Daily Telegraph, April 17, 2001
A Classroom Into A Grave
ABC News, March 8, 2001
Fingers to the Bone: U.S. Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers
Report from Human Rights Watch, June 2000, regarding exploitation of child farmworkers, mainly Latino, in the U.S.
Freedom from Economic Exploitation - A Basic Children’s Right
Protecting Children, September, 2000
Girl, 12, Kept Out of School as Servant in Irvine, Police Say
Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2002
National Agricultural Safety Database - Child Safety
Children in farming and agriculture: safety tips, labor laws, what to do in case of injury.
Police: Woman Chained 12-Year-Old Maid to Backyard Pole
CNN, May 14, 2001
- FBI May Enter Case of Chained Girl
United Press International, May 15, 2001 - Girl Held Captive Recounts Torment, Torture
The Associated Press, October 17, 2001
Study Condemns Child Labor
Sun-Sentinel, April 13, 2002
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Violence Against Children Worldwide
Report from Human Rights Watch, September 2001, regarding sexual and physical violence against children worldwide; including child workers, child soldiers, children in custody, and children at home.
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Bureau of International Labor Affairs
International Child Labor Program
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW - Room S-5307
Washington, D.C. 20210
Phone: (202) 693-4843
www.dol.gov/ilab/
Child Workers In Asia
P.O. Box 29
Chantrakasem Post Office
Bangkok 10904 Thailand
Phone: 662 930-0855
www.cwa.tnet.co.th
Child Workers in Asia is a network of NGOs focusing on the problems of working children in Asia.
CorpWatch Sweatshop Pages
1611 Telegraph Avenue, #702
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 271-8080
www.corpwatch.org/issues/PII.jsp?topicid=108
Forced Child Labor Command Center
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20229
Phone: (202) 354-1000
Toll-free Tipline: 1-800-BE-ALERT
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/enforcement/ice/investigations/forced_labor/child_labor.xml
Global March Against Child Labour
L-6, Kalkaji
New Delhi 110019
India
Phone: 011 26224899
www.globalmarch.org
International Labor Rights Fund
Child Labor Campaigns
733 15th Street, NW, #920
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 347-4100
www.laborrights.org/projects/childlab/
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
International Labour Organization
4, route des Morillons
CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland
Phone: 22 799 8181
www.ilo.org/childlabour/
International Legal Standards for Child Labor
Human Rights Watch - Children's Rights Division
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Phone: (212) 290-4700
www.hrw.org/children/child-legal.htm
A resource page from Human Rights Watch's Children's Rights Division, contains international laws pertaining to child labor and forced/bonded labor, as well as the ILO's most recent convention report on the worst forms of child labor, and actions against "slavery conditions" in child labor and forced/bonded labor.
North American Guidelines For Children's Agricultural Tasks
National Children's Center for Rural & Agricultural Health & Safety
1000 North Oak Avenue
Marshfield, WI 54449
Toll-free: 1-888-924-7233
www.nagcat.com
Child Safety information and resources, and laws, for U.S. and Canadian rural areas regarding children working on farms and ranches.
RUGMARK Foundation
733 15th Street, NW, Suite 912
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 347-4205
www.rugmark.org
RUGMARK is a global nonprofit organization working to end child labor and offer educational opportunities for children in India, Nepal and Pakistan.
South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude
L-6, Kalkaji
New Delhi - 110019 India
Phone: 011- 2647 5481
www.bbasaccs.org
SACCS is a conglomeration of NGOs, Trade Unions and Human Rights Organizations working to eradicate child labor and forced/bonded labor.
Sweatshop Watch
310 Eighth Street, Suite 309
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 834-8990
www.sweatshopwatch.org
A coalition of labor, community, civil rights, and immigrant rights groups dedicated to eliminating sweatshop conditions in the global garment industry.
