Protection of Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia and the Middle East (Human Rights Watch Report) Open publication – Free publishing – More migrant labor Published by  Original [...]

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 [...]

The new documentary film by Miki Mistrati and U. Roberto Romano, The Dark Side of Chocolate, reveals how nine years after major chocolate companies committed to eliminating abusive child labor, [...]

While we enjoy the sweet taste of chocolate, the reality is strikingly different for African children. In 2001, consumers around the world were outraged to discover that child labor and slavery, [...]

Imagine a remote corner of the world where people have lived off their farms for generations. Families and neighbors live and work communally, the young care for the old and nature provides. [...]