Umbrellus LLC, Author at International Initiative to End Child Labor

In Child Labor News Posted October 12, 2012

Italy: US lists 21 Indian items using child labor – Vatican Radio

US lists 21 Indian items for using child labor. October 2, 2012: The US labor department has issued a list of 21 Indian-made products that use child or forced [...]

By Umbrellus LLC

In Agriculture, child labor, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Cocoa + Chocolate Production, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Responsibility Posted October 11, 2012

USA: Investors Applaud Hershey’s Vow To Source 100% Certified Cocoa By 2020 – PRNewswire

NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Move to certify entire product line seen as significant step to eradicate trafficking and forced child labor on cocoa farms and plantations. [...]

By Umbrellus LLC

In Child Labor News, child soldiers Posted October 11, 2012

Mali: Going Rate for Child Soldiers in Mali…$600 – UN Dispatch

UN Report: Child Soldiers Going for $600. A Top UN Human Rights Official Briefed the Security Council on Monday on the deteriorating situation in Mali. “Extremists imposing Islamic law in [...]

By Umbrellus LLC

In Child labor in apparel industry, Child Labor News, Child labor textile manufacturing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hazardous Labor, Social Responsibility, worst forms child labor Posted September 27, 2012

Global: Child Labor Produces Footwear in Five Countries, Apparel in Eight – Sporting Goods Intelligence

Footwear and apparel continue to be made by child labor in 13 countries around the world, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor's 11th annual report on child and forced labor worldwide. The [...]