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
Running in the Shadows: For Runaways on the Street, Sex Buys Survival
The New York Times, October 27, 2009
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/
CorpWatch Labor Pages
2958 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 641-1633
www.corpwatch.org/section.php?id=184
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/newsroom/highlights/ice/breakout/responsibility/
Global March Against Child Labour
L-6, Kalkaji
New Delhi 110019
India
Phone: 011 26224899
www.globalmarch.org
GoodWeave
2001 S Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 234-9050
www.goodweave.org
GoodWeave is a global nonprofit organization working to end child labor and offer educational opportunities for children in India, Nepal and Pakistan.
Human Rights Watch - Children's Rights Division
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Phone: (212) 290-4700
www.hrw.org/en/children/labor
A resource page from Human Rights Watch's Children's Rights Division
Industrial Workers of the World
PO Box 180195
Chicago, IL 60618 USA
Phone: (773) 857-1090
www.iww.org
International Labor Rights Fund
Child Labor Campaigns
733 15th Street, NW, #920
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 347-4100
www.laborrights.org/child-and-forced-labor/
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/
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.
