CHILDREN: CHILD LABOR: Child Labor on Decline Globally: Improvements Since 2000, Agency Reports
Child Labor on Decline Globally: Improvements Since 2000, Agency Reports By Stephen Franklin Tribune staff reporter Published May 5, 2006 Chicago Tribune <http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ chi-0605050162may05,1,3934151.story?coll=chi-business-hed> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/q2an> Not so long ago, thousands of Pakistani children spent their days hunched over, hand-stitching high-priced leather soccer balls that were sold globally. They earned pennies per hour and faced the risk of injuries. But then child labor advocates and consumer groups took up the cause, enlisting soccer ball manufacturers, sports industry groups, trade unions, human rights groups, officials from Pakistan and other countries. Today, the Pakistani soccer ball workshops are largely child-free, the International Labor Organization said Thursday as it offered an upbeat update on the progress in fighting the abuses of global child labor. "There's been a big difference, but we still haven't gone far enough," said Lee Swepston, a human rights official for the 87-year-old Geneva-based organization. Child labor, like sweatshops, is an issue that has caught on with consumers and forced global companies to take notice. The ILO's report predicted that the worst forms of child labor could be wiped away in 10 years if the current progress continues. Unlike a pessimistic report four years ago, the ILO pinpointed an increase in cooperation and awareness of child labor as making a substantive difference in the lives of children. ---------------------------------------- The complete article may be read at the URL above. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> General Internet & Print Resources <http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp> Temple University Listserv Net-Gold Archives <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> Digital Divide Network <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> Educator-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/> _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
