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
People
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Steps to eliminate child labour urged
More than 3.3 million children are victim of child labour in Pakistan and most of them are being employed by various gangs for smuggling and drug trafficking. This was stated by speakers at a one-day
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Special grant for Gujarat tribals
The Union Tribal Development Minister, Jeol Oram, has announced a special sanction of Rs. 100 crores from the Centre to Gujarat for the welfare of the tribals in the
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Cooperative that has improved women's lot
Samridhi, an organisation operating at Thakurdwara, near Palampur, in Kangra district, has brought a discernible change in the socio economic lot of women of Kangra and Chamba districts. Being the
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Tough job
The Karnataka government's reaffirmation to eradicate child labour by 2007 is indeed a welcome aspiration. Given that the state alone has around 11 lakh children under the age of 14 working in
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SAARC would do well to tackle child labour
According to the International Labour Organisation(ILO) some 250 million children between five to 14 years in the world are compelled to work for their living. About half of them or 120 million work
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Govt, society urged to help eliminate child labour
The school children of Pakistan and social workers, under the banner of Sindh Development Society, Al-Falah Samaji Tanzeem, Sehrish Nagar Welfare Association and National Commission for Justice and
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Call to implement ILO conventions
The Pakistan government has been asked to implement conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and abolish all discriminatory laws against women. This was demanded by leaders of All
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Child labour in the shadows of World Cup
With just 5 months left until the 2002 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Japan and Korea, activists from around the world are increasingly putting pressure on FIFA and national football teams to make this
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1,200 Assam cops to be made child-friendly in 2 years
The Assam Police will launch a six day sensitization campaign beginning on 24 Jan on project Aashwas that the force launched in November last year in collaboration with UNICEF. The sensitization
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Songs of despair
According to the home ministry, Lodhas are one of the 52 primitive tribes facing extinction. While the 1991 census put Lodha numbers at 68,000, a more recent survey put their figure at 46,669. They