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    COVID-19 to undo decades of progress on child labour

    03 Jul 2020

    The boys struck out from their village in Pakistan’s rugged tribal belt and came to this frontier city to work at Maula Khan’s drink stand, a wooden cart shaded by an umbrella on a road bustling with migrants, war refugees and swerving rickshaws.

    Bollywood star Madhuri on child labour: Children belong in schools and loving homes

    12 Jun 2020

    "Say NO to child labour. Children belong in schools and loving homes. They are the future and it's our responsibility to safeguard and empower them. Let's lend a helping hand to children in need, our small efforts can make a big difference to their lives

    Sheikha Jawaher issues directive to establish 'Kanaf' higher committee in Sharjah

    07 Aug 2022

    "Kanaf," a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary, multi-agency child protection centre that provides prompt legal, psychological, and social support to child victims of abuse.

    VIDEO: 12-year-old boy takes up barber’s job to help family in Honduras

    17 Aug 2022

    "My dad bought me the first machine, from there I started cutting his hair," says this boy who finished elementary school in 2021 and plans to start high school next year.

    Up to Dhs50,000 fine, jail for violating children's rights in UAE

    15 Mar 2021

    The Public Prosecution on Monday published an awareness video on its social media accounts, coinciding with the Emirati Children’s Day.

    6-year-old disfigured after saving sister from dog attack in US

    15 Jul 2020

    With his blue eyes, slim body and 90 stitches in his face, a 6-year-old American child turned into a true hero, after succeeding in saving his younger sister from a dog ​​attack.

    Child labour rising in India amid coronavirus lockdown

    12 Dec 2020

    With classrooms shut and parents losing their jobs in the pandemic, thousands of families are putting their children to work to get by, undoing decades of progress in curbing child labour and threatening the future of a generation of India’s children.

    New Zealand child abuse inquiry finds 256,000 harmed in state and faith-based care institutions

    17 Dec 2020

    An interim report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry found children, some from as young as nine months old, suffered years of abuse, which included rape and electric shock treatment, by staff at psychiatric and state care facilities, clergy and foster guardians.

    The malaise of bonded labour

    24 Feb 2022

    Our bus rolled into Kalagarh, India. It was winter and just before midnight. I wanted to check out on the foodstuff being hawked at the bus stand. Piping hot Indian fries are a pleasure when the temperature is low.

    Indian state compensates bonded worker after child’s factory death

    21 Jun 2019

    A rare compensation award to a bonded worker whose child was killed at a textile factory in India could act as a precedent for other slavery survivors seeking justice, human rights campaigners said on Friday.

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