World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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Indigenous people among the poorest : ILO
The world's 300 million indigenous people, half of whom live in Asia, rank among the world's poorest and most deprived, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said
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Corporates lend hand to fight child labour in AP
As many as 45 groups of corporate houses, business associations and employers organisations of Andhra Pradesh have formed a consortium of sorts to fight the bane of child labour.AP has the highest
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At 800 degree C, it's all in a day's work
The ochre of tiles that provide the roofing for many a happy home hides a tale of blood and tears of the young girls who make them. As the tiles bake in the kilns, they burn to cinder the lives of
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$6.7m to be spent on child labour elimination
Donors have committed more than $6 million to be spent over three years in sector specific projects for elimination of child labour in Pakistan, in addition to total commitment of $700,000 for the
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Teachers push kids to labour : Report
In a startling revelation, a report released by the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University along with State government and Unicef, has said that teachers too contribute to the
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People's Plan: HC asks Govt to take steps to recover loss
A division bench of the Kerala High Court today directed the State Government to initiate, wherever necessary or warranted, proceedings for a surcharge to recover the loss caused to the local bodies
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Survey to identify children employed in most hazardous forms of labour begins
A two-month baseline survey to identify children employed in the most hazardous forms of labour, their employers and families began in
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Plan to abolish bonded labour: SBFC-RDFC merger okayed
A National Policy and Plan of Action for the abolition of bonded labour and rehabilitation of those freed from this curse was approved by the Pakistan cabinet here on Wednesday. It defines policy
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Regional meets to precede UN summit on children
In the run-up to the Global Movement for Children and the UN General Assembly Special Summit on Children, five regional conferences are being organised by the Indian Council for Child Welfare
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ILO to probe labour in Burma
A high powered team from the International Labour Organisation started an unprecedented investigation of what it has described as 'rampant' forced labour in Burma in what some observers see as a