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World leaders reward the Wall Street and fail the children out of school |
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The 8th High Level Group meeting on Education for All concluded in Oslo, Norway last week. This much expected Oslo meeting touted to be the turning point in ascertaining education through mobilizing high amount of political will and resource commitment has once again failed the worlds hard to reach children.
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India: Can education stop child labor? |
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THE Census of India reports show that the number of child laborers in the country increased from 11.3 million in 1991 to 12.6 million in 2001. They
further state that an estimated 87 million children are not attending
school.
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War against child labor yields good results |
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SALEM: Salem district has been in the forefront of the war against child
labor in Tamil Nadu. It has a dubious distinction of employing children below 14 in both
hazardous and non-hazardous industries such as silver anklet, weaving,
construction, coir making, beedi rolling, brick kilns, automobile workshops,
hotels and dhabas, stone quarries and in some industrial units thus forcing
the government to launch an intense child labor eradication programme
during 1995-1996.
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UK health service wants no products of child labor |
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's state-funded health service on Monday published
plans to ensure hospitals know where their surgical instruments are coming
from, after acknowledging that some may be produced by child laborers in
Pakistan.
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In Togo, a 10-Year-Old's Muted Cry: 'I Couldn't Take Any More' |
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LOME, Togo -- Adiza ran scared and crying into the street. Ten years old and 4-foot-9, she fled the house where she had worked for more than a year, cleaning and sweeping from before dawn until late at night.
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Philippines: World Vision, DepEd: Eradicate child labor |
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Pasig City (30 December) -- Some 30,000 child laborers are expected to benefit from a training of public school teachers on how to combat child exploitation spearheaded by the World Vision Development Foundation (WVDF) and the Department of Education (DepEd).
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ACCESS-Plus: Focus on fighting child labor in Yemen |
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An American-run project worth $ US 3.5 million seeking to combat both child labor and trafficking was launched Sunday in Sana'a in presence of American and Yemeni officials. The 3-year project is set to run from 2008-2011, and will help these children attend schools in Hodeida, Taiz, Hajja, and Aden, and falls under the broader Access-Plus program seeking to expand school-enrolment in Yemen.
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United States: The Maid Trade: Exploiting Child Servants |
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Adiza ran scared and crying into the street. Ten years old and 4-foot-9, she fled the house where she had worked for more than a year, cleaning and sweeping from before dawn until late at night....
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15.2 Million More African Children Enrolled in Primary School |
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52% more children enrolled into primary school in 22 African countries
supported by the education for All Initiative Fast Track Initiative
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Back to school programme bears fruit |
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Back to school. That is the thrust of a statewide government programme that saw nearly four lakh teachers who farmed across Karnataka the last few days seeking to enroll all children aged between six to 14 - whether on the streets of the cities or working as farm hands in the fields in rural areas - back to school.
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