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New Internet Plug-In Blocks Out Clothing Products Made By Child Laborers

Posted 08.09.2012 | Impact
Read More: Child Labor Advocacy, International Labour Organization, China Labor Watch, Child Labor, Fight Child Labor, Active Against Child Labor, Avoid Plugin, Slideexpand, Fair Trade, Child Labor Laws, Video, Impact News

You can now add to your online cart knowing that you're not adding to the global problem of child labor. A recently-launched internet plug-in calle...

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The Belo Monte Dam: An Environmental Crime

Bianca Jagger | Posted 08.21.2012 | World
Read More: Rio+20, International Labour Organization, Amazon Rainforest, Madeira Dam, Belo Monte Dam, Indigenous People, Xingu, Dilma Rouseff, Slidepollajax, Shayla Juruna, Green Energy, Jose Arara, Dr Erwin Krautler, Sustainability, Philip Fearnside, Crimes Against Future Generations, Ban Ki Moon, Xikrin, World News
Bianca Jagger

Three thousand kilometres north of the Rio +20 summit, and unbeknownst to most of its participants, the Brazilian government is carrying out an objectionable project: a series of dams in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

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UN Agency: 'Austerity Has Not Produced More Economic Growth'

Reuters | Posted 06.29.2012 | Business
Read More: European Debt Crisis, Labor Market, Fiscal Austerity, International Labour Organization, Video, Reuters, Jobs, World of Work Report, European Union, Economic Recovery, Business News

* U.N. agency blames austerity, tough reforms for crisis * Says employment not back to pre-crisis levels til 2016 * Esti...

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WATCH: Calle 13 Against Human Trafficking

Posted 11.23.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: Latino-Philanthropists, Calle 13, Video, Cultura, International Labour Organization, Mtv, Tr3s: Musica Y Mas, Unicef, MTV Exit, Human Trafficking, Latino Voices News

After sweeping this year's Latin Grammys with a record nine awards, Calle 13 is turning to humanitarian causes. Calle 13 has created a partnership...

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Silencing a Blogger

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Cuba, Independent Journalists, Free Speech, International Labour Organization, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Why physically eliminate an individual who writes uncomfortable truths if you can annul them with the red pen of the censor? Why kill them if you have all the tools to tame them?

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Babu's Story: A Child Worker In The Shipyards Of Bangladesh

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Vienam, Dumping, India, International Labour Organization, Turkey, Bangladeshis, International Federation for Human Rights, Hong Kong, Pre-Cleaning, Greenpeace, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, Marketplace, Chittagong, Enforcement, Blowtorch, Rizwana Hasan, Worker, Tolan, Ship Breakers, Toxic, Sandy Tolan, Child Labor, Pakistan, Ship Breaking, Safety, Imo, Accidents, Ki-Min Sung, Mainul Islam Khan, Bangladesh Shipbreakers Association, Bela, Pulitzer, Rizwana, Ilo, Shipbreaking, Bangladesh, Health, Shipbreakers, Blow Torch, Babu, World News
Sandy Tolan

For many of the children here, the idea that they shouldn't work is an entirely foreign concept. Despite laws in Bangladesh restricting child labor, the reality is starkly different.

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