international labor organization
- n the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor
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- UN: 10.5 Million Children Exploited as Domestics in Slave-Like Conditions
A startling new reports from the United Nations indicates that an estimated 10.5 million, some as young as five-years-old, as working domestics, cooking and cleaning inside private homes across the globe. And according to the U.N. International Labor Organization, many of them are girls who also face abuse and potential futures as sex slaves.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this ...
June 13, 2013 - Boise Weekly - Central Asia: Remembering Lost Childhoods
The United Nations’ International Labor Organization has designated June 12 as World Day Against Child Labor. Unfortunately, child labor remains a serious problem in Central Asia, especially in the cotton sector. Uzbekistan is particularly notorious for forcing school-age kids into the cotton fields to help gather the crop. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has posted a photo essay highlighting ...
June 12, 2013 - EurasiaNet - Press Releases: 2013 World Day Against Child Labor: "No" to Child Labor in Domestic Work
2013 World Day Against Child Labor: "No" to Child Labor in Domestic Work Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 12, 2013 We are proud to stand united with our partners in the international community on this World Day Against Child Labor, and with one voice, we call for the elimination of child labor. The International Labor Organization’s latest estimates suggest that ...
June 12, 2013 - U.S. Department of State