Burkina Faso: Child labor allegedly used in some Victoria's Secret cotton - USA Today - International Initiative to End Child Labor

Burkina Faso: Child labor allegedly used in some Victoria’s Secret cotton – USA Today

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Posted December 15, 2011

In Agriculture, child labor in agriculture, Child labor in apparel industry, Child labor in cotton, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Corporate Social Responsibility, U.S. News

Child labor allegedly used in some Victoria’s Secret cotton
USA Today
Bloomberg highlights the “nightmare” of 13-year-old Clarisse Kambire (video) and six other children who work on organic-cotton farms in Burkina Faso that sell their crops to Victoria’s Secret. The report says child labor “is endemic” to the production …
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