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Futures in peril: Takeaways from rise of child labor in pandemic

Richard Pérez-Peña, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 28 07:12 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of the world’s poorest children to halt their educations and go to work to help support their families, as schools have closed and parents’ incomes have fallen or vanished.   Read more »

UN warns coronavirus may push millions of children into underage labor

Matthew Lavietes, Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 11:08 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of children at risk of being pushed into underage labor, reversing two decades of work to combat the practice and potentially marking the first rise in child labor since 2000, the United Nations warned on Friday. Read more »

US tech giants sued over cobalt mine child labor deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 08:28 PM

Five US tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet have been named in a lawsuit over the death of child laborers in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »

Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo

Matthew Lavietes, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 17 08:12 AM

The legal complaint on behalf of 14 families from Congo was filed on Sunday by International Rights Advocates, a US-based human rights non-profit, against Tesla Inc, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Dell Technologies Inc..   Read more »

Nasa 400 kaso ng child labor sa western Pangasinan iniimbestigahan ng DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 07:17 PM

Maaaring magsumbong sa DOLE o pulisya kapag nakakita ng ano mang kaso ng child labor.    Read more »

Duterte forms National Council Against Child Labor

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 01:46 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the institutionalization of the National Council Against Child Labor to strengthen the protection of children against exploitation. Read more »

Mga bagong anyo ng child labor binabantayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 07:11 PM

Binabantayan ngayon ng Department of Labor and Employment ang mga bagong anyo ng child labor.   Read more »

Mga bagong anyo ng child labor binabantayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 06:14 PM

Binabantayan ngayon ng Department of Labor and Employment ang mga bagong anyo ng child labor. Read more »

Merry or misery? Shoppers urged to avoid Christmas gifts linked to slavery

Sonia Elks, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 11:48 AM

Christmas holidaymakers have been warned by officials and campaigners not to inadvertently fund slavery with their gift lists as awareness grows over forced and child labor used in a list of products from princess dolls to sparkly make-up. Read more »

7 menor de edad sinagip mula sa pinagtatrabahuhang tubuhan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 01:11 PM

Ibiniyahe mula Antipolo hanggang Batangas ang mga menor de edad para magtrabaho sa isang tubuhan.    Read more »

13 batang trabahador, nasagip mula sa planta ng basura

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 09:50 PM

Ayon sa NBI, malinaw na kaso ito ng human trafficking at child abuse. Read more »

Campaigners enlist kids in bid to end child labor

Ronron Calunsod, Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 07 11:10 PM

DAET - Campaigners against child labor in the Philippines have enlisted kids liberated from exploitation in an effort to eradicate the problem by 2025, as part of global movement kicked off by world leaders three years ago when they adopted a set of sustainable development goals. Read more »

Afghan girl spends life disguised as 'son' her parents wanted

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 03:47 PM

Sultanpur, Afghanistan - Sitara Wafadar yearns for long hair like other girls. Instead, the Afghan teenager has disguised herself as a boy for more than a decade, forced by her parents to be the "son" they never had. Read more »

Morocco's child maids suffer like 'slaves'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 01:34 PM

RABAT, Morocco - "Even a pet animal is better treated," sobs 17-year-old Fatima, one of thousands of young girls exploited and too often abused while working as housemaids for unscrupulous employers in Morocco. Read more »

5 'child laborers' nasagip sa Pampanga

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 04:47 PM

Nasagip ng mga pulis ang limang menor de edad mula sa isang itikan sa Pampanga Biyernes ng gabi kung saan umano sila pinagtatrabaho sa nakapanlulumong kondisyon.    Read more »

Aklat-pambata na tumatalakay sa child labor, inilunsad ng DSWD

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 09:13 PM

Inilunsad ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at National Child Labor Committee ang isang librong pambata o storybook na tumatalakay sa child labor. Read more »

Apple says China students illegally worked overtime at supplier for iPhone X

Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 22 07:28 PM

Apple said Wednesday its main Asian supplier employed Chinese high school students in illegal overtime work making the iPhone X, but added that it "took prompt action" to end the practice. Read more »