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All children are encouraged to lend a hand at home. But a new report from the International Labour Organization, or ILO, highlights the plight of the millions of youngsters who are exploited in [...]

This week at Media Voices we’re pleased to post a new photo essay by Stephen Shames, Outside the Dream: Child Poverty in America. First published in 1991 in association with the [...]

I have been involved in children’s issues for over 40 years as a photojournalist and later as an advocate. Always at the top of my mind is: What do poor children need? How do you help those who [...]

Last week on May 29, 2010, a public meeting of the Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products was held at the U.S. Department of [...]