to visit the Official Global March Against Child Labour home page:
There is a vast amount of information, statistics, contacts, organisations, information about the March...and many links to other websites
International Labour
Organisation A wealth of information on the incidence and effects
of child labour and on programs to combat child labour...........................
The Kids Campaign to Build a School for Iqbal - A Bullet Can't Kill A Dream. Information on murdered winner of the Reebok Human Rights Youth in Action Award 1994 and the work of students at Braodmeadow Middle School, USA, to continue Iqbal's fight against exploited child labour.
Child Labor in Agriculture: More than half of the world’s estimated 250 million
working children work in agriculture and rarely, if ever, get the chance to
go to school. The tragedy of their lives and what people can do to fight the
worst forms of child labor are vividly portrayed on a new web site sponsored
by the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center. Teachers, students, and others interested
in child labor issues can go to www.fieldsofhope.org
and find out what it’s like for a child to work in the agricultural sector.
The easy to navigate web site has information on child labor around the world,
a quiz to test your knowledge about the problems of child labor, a video flash
on a day in the life of child laborers, and a message center to share information
and experiences with other users of the web site. In addition, there is an extensive
resource section and a teacher’s guide to help integrate the web site into a
classroom discussion.
Visit the Human Rights
Internet for a wealth of links on child labour and human rights.
UNICEF: The
State of the World's Children 1997 reports on the progress made
in recent years in protecting children and their rights, but it also condemns
exploitative child labour as "one of the worst abuses of those rights" and confronts
the myth that such exploitation no longer exists in the industrialized world.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions' "Worksite
for Schools" provides a range of information and activities especially
designed for educational use by students. click on the "Fact Sheets" box to
find useful information and discussions of child labour issues. Also use the
site's search function for other resources.
Find information, links and news about child labour and slavery on The
Anti-Slavery Society site.
The Defence for Children International site: information, links, information on international standards and a developing site for providing documentation on children's rights.
Child Labour Resource Guide A directory of state agencies in the US handling child labour issues.
Internet Resources on Child Labour : 24 links! Sponsored by the National Consumers League in the USA.
UNICEF (search: child labor)
Child Labor Information from UNICEF
Campaigns:
Department for International Development (Search: child labor; challenging child labor) The website of the UK government department which hosted the Challenging Child Labour workshop in Manchester on 27 - 29 July 1998.
Changemakers: Changemakers.net is about global social entrepreneurship. It is an international non-profit organisation. The mission of the site is to provide inspiration, resources and opportunities for those interested in social change throughout the world.
The April Changemakers explores "How working children are getting organized: bidding for power and respect" with a photo essay by photojournalist Janet Jarman about Bhima Sangha, an independent union of working children that was organized for and by working children in southwestern India. Bhima Sangha was nurtured by Damodar Acharya and his organization, The Concerned for Working Children (the subject of a November Changemakers Journal article). The Journal overview article includes extensive excerpts from Anthony Swift's article, "Working Children Get Organized". Swift provides detailed assessments of Bhima Sangha and the work of social entrepreneur, Rita Panicker, who is teaching India s working children to form their own Organizations.
The Archive section that has dozens of stories from the Journal, by journalists and photojournalists in 16 countries.
The Library section offers a collection of information resources about social entrepreneurship from around the world. Among the tools are links to major international organisations and current online magazines and journal articles, standard reference publications and directories, and field-specific research programs and information.
The Creative Resourcing section offers innovative examples of how to mobilise support for non-profit organisations, as well as advice, readings, discussion groups and additional materials for organizations seeking independence and sustainability.
Extensive information and links can be found at Child Workers in Asia and there is an exhaustive list of other links at www.cwa.loxinfo.co.th/Other-sites/links.html
Visit this site as a starting point for information about and contact with Indian Non Government organisations